Punggye-ri Nuclear Test Site

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nuclear test site underground nuclear testing facility

Punggye-ri Nuclear Test Site is North Korea’s primary underground nuclear testing facility, located in a remote mountainous area of the country and used for multiple nuclear detonations since 2006.

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Punggye-ri underground nuclear test site	1

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Predicate	Object
instanceOf	nuclear test site ⓘ underground nuclear testing facility ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	Punggye-ri nuclear test facility NERFINISHED ⓘ Punggye-ri test site NERFINISHED ⓘ
announcedClosureDate	2018-05 ⓘ
closureAnnouncedBy	Kim Jong Un NERFINISHED ⓘ
closureMethod	demolition of tunnel entrances ⓘ
closureObservedBy	foreign journalists ⓘ
controlledBy	Government of North Korea NERFINISHED ⓘ
country	North Korea ⓘ
detectionMethod	seismic monitoring ⓘ
firstNuclearTestDate	2006-10-09 ⓘ
firstNuclearTestYear	2006 ⓘ
globalImpact	UN Security Council sanctions on North Korea ⓘ heightened regional security tensions ⓘ
hasFeature	access roads ⓘ security perimeter ⓘ support facilities ⓘ surface infrastructure ⓘ tunnel complexes ⓘ underground galleries ⓘ
languageOfName	Korean ⓘ
locatedIn	Kilju County NERFINISHED ⓘ North Hamgyong Province NERFINISHED ⓘ mountainous area ⓘ
locatedNear	Mantap Mountain NERFINISHED ⓘ
monitoredBy	Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty Organization NERFINISHED ⓘ Japanese monitoring agencies ⓘ South Korean intelligence agencies NERFINISHED ⓘ United States intelligence agencies NERFINISHED ⓘ
nearbySettlement	Punggye-ri village NERFINISHED ⓘ
notableTest	2017 test claimed as hydrogen bomb ⓘ
numberOfKnownNuclearTests	6 ⓘ
operatedBy	Korean People’s Army NERFINISHED ⓘ
partOf	North Korea nuclear weapons program NERFINISHED ⓘ
risk	geological instability ⓘ radioactive contamination ⓘ
significance	primary nuclear test site of North Korea ⓘ
subjectOf	arms control research ⓘ satellite imagery analysis ⓘ
testConducted	2006 North Korean nuclear test NERFINISHED ⓘ 2009 North Korean nuclear test ⓘ 2013 North Korean nuclear test ⓘ 2017 North Korean nuclear test ⓘ January 2016 North Korean nuclear test ⓘ September 2016 North Korean nuclear test ⓘ
usedFor	nuclear weapons testing ⓘ underground nuclear detonations ⓘ

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North Korean nuclear weapons program → firstNuclearTestSite → Punggye-ri Nuclear Test Site ⓘ

North Korean nuclear weapons program → keyFacility → Punggye-ri Nuclear Test Site ⓘ

this entity surface form: Punggye-ri underground nuclear test site

North Korean nuclear weapons program → testSite → Punggye-ri Nuclear Test Site ⓘ