Last year, operations in North Korea\u2019s
\nYongbyon nuclear facility came to a halt for approximately five months, from
\nthe end of August to mid-December. However, 38 North, the website run by the
\nUS-Korea Institute at Johns Hopkins University, has recently reported
\ndetecting signs of nuclear activity in the 5 MWe facility through satellite
\nimagery.<\/p>\n
The site, known for its informed analysis, noted the piles of snow on nuclear reactor structures melting, causing a flow
\nof hot water into the nearby river. A number of parsing experts interpret this
\nas a sign that the facility has resumed operations, however, they warned that
\nit is too soon to come
\nto a definitive conclusion as the area has only been under observation for a
\nmatter of weeks. <\/p>\n
Upon the news, some have asserted the purported resumption of operations Other speculation names North Korea\u2019s agitation with President Last year, operations in North Korea\u2019s Yongbyon nuclear facility came to a halt for approximately five months, from the end of August to mid-December. However, 38 North, the website run by the US-Korea Institute at Johns Hopkins University, has recently reported detecting signs of nuclear activity in the 5 MWe facility through satellite imagery. The […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":140,"featured_media":29838,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[67],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-29836","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-news"],"yoast_head":"\n
\nat the nuclear facility to be the North\u2019s method of expressing resentment
\ntoward the U.S., most specifically for its rejection to comply with North Korea\u2019s offer to put nuclear tests on hold in return for a suspension of ROK-US joint military exercises.<\/span> <\/p>\n
\nBarack Obama\u2019s latest remarks on the regime as reason <\/span>behind the possible recommencement of operations. During a recent press interview,
\nPresident Obama criticized the North Korean regime as being the \u201cmost isolated,
\nthe most sanctioned, the most cut-off nation on Earth\u201d and that \u201cover time you
\nwill see a regime like this collapse.\u201d <\/p>\n
\nThe current theories notwithstanding, there was already a high probability that
\nthe North was going to resume nuclear activity at the Yongbyon facility, rendering the resumption of nuclear activity as solely an effort by the North to put pressure on the US unlikely.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"