Newsweek: These photos suggest North Korea may be serious about giving up its nukes

[TomSea]

These photos suggest North Korea may be serious about giving up its nukes
By Tom O'Connor On 3/23/18 at 4:58 PM

North Korea has suspended activity at its main nuclear site, according to recent satellite imagery and expert analysis that appeared to support Pyongyang's offers to solve the crisis on the Korean Peninsula diplomatically.

President Donald Trump's decision to accept an unprecedented invitation to meet North Korean supreme leader Kim Jong Un came after South Korean officials assured the Republican leader that Kim was willing to denuclearize in exchange for peace. As suspicions arose as to what North Korea's true intentions were, leading analysts Frank V. Pabian, Joseph S. Bermudez Jr. and Jack Liu found a major slowdown at the Punggye-ri nuclear test site in a report posted Friday to 38 North, a project of the U.S.-Korea Institute at the Johns Hopkins University's School of Advanced International Studies.

Continued at: http://www.newsweek.com/will-north-korea-give-nuclear-weapons-photos-suggest-kim-jong-un-serious-859344

[edpc]

What a joke.  Of course they're closing Punggye-ri.  The place is hazardous and we're told it's unstable after the last massive test.  All they need to do now is refine guidance and the re-entry vehicle.  This site isn't required for that.

[TomSea]

Trump's strategy worked, this is why I liked Tillerson actually. Bringing NK under control and thwarting ISIS.  Very well done.

[Right_in_Virginia]

Imagery shows a small group of personnel in the upper courtyard of the main administration area, at the Punggye-ri nuclear test site, in northeastern
North Korea, on March 2. By March 17, all signs of life and vehicles were gone. Only three crates could be seen and were potentially related to
the nearby greenhouse, which is used to grow food for staff.

http://www.newsweek.com/will-north-korea-give-nuclear-weapons-photos-suggest-kim-jong-un-serious-859344

[edpc]

This is why it’s shutting down, not because they’ve had some sort of epiphany about peace and negotiations.


https://www.nbcnews.com/news/north-korea/north-korea-s-nuclear-test-site-could-be-unstable-experts-n810336

[Oceander]

This is why it shutting down, not because they’ve had some sort of epiphany about peace and negotiations.


https://www.nbcnews.com/news/north-korea/north-korea-s-nuclear-test-site-could-be-unstable-experts-n810336

Makes sense.