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Myriam Cortes

Female. Lives in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, United States. Born on October 20, 1964. Is single.

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March 31, 2021 2:12 pm

Satellite image shows renewed activity at North Korean nuclear lab AOL.COM 14 hrs ago Satellite images show renewed activity at a North Korean nuclear facility, suggesting that Kim Jong Un's regime ... View MoreSatellite image shows renewed activity at North Korean nuclear lab AOL.COM 14 hrs ago Satellite images show renewed activity at a North Korean nuclear facility, suggesting that Kim Jong Un's regime is preparing to start or has already started reprocessing plutonium for nuclear weapons, experts say. The commercial satellite photos show steam or smoke rising from a small building at the Yongbyon Radiochemistry Laboratory and from an adjacent thermal plant. The lab reprocesses spent fuel rods to extract plutonium for nuclear bombs. The photos, released by Maxar Technologies and the Center for Strategic and International Studies, were posted on the think tank's website, Beyond Parallel. Previous satellite imagery had shown other signs of activity at the thermal power plant in recent weeks. The head of the International Atomic Energy Agency, Rafael Mariano Grossi, this month cited signs of activity at the Yongbyon facility and another site, calling the nuclear work a clear violation of U.N. sanctions. The latest activity suggests that North Korea has launched is preparing to launch a new effort for nuclear reprocessing, said Victor Cha, Korea chair at the Center for Strategic and International Studies, who was a senior national security official in the George W. Bush administration. The move and two rounds of missile tests in recent weeks are a political maneuver by Kim to challenge President Joe Biden's administration and South Korean President Moon Jae-in, Cha said. "It is a series of escalations. I think it's pretty calculated. They're ratcheting up pressure as they had done to President Trump and to President Obama," Cha said. The moves are "nothing new with regard to North Korea, but this is happening fairly early on in the administration," he said. The White House, the State Department and the Defense Department did not immediately respond to requests for comment. After the Biden administration presented a united front with allies in Asia, including Japan and South Korea, and took a tough line in talks with China, "I think North Korea feels like it has to respond," said Cha, who is also a professor of government at Georgetown University. To further escalate, North Korea could fire off longer-range missiles, conduct a nuclear test or launch an intercontinental ballistic missile, possibly from a submarine, Cha and other experts said. North Korea has not conducted an intercontinental ballistic missile test since late 2017. After a period of high tensions, the Trump administration pursued diplomacy with Pyongyang. Talks between Trump and Kim in Hanoi, Vietnam, in 2019 ultimately collapsed with no agreement. The U.N. Security Council held a closed-door meeting about North Korea on Tuesday, but the discussions produced no immediate outcome. The U.S. ambassador to the U.N., Linda Thomas-Greenfield, said Monday that "we're looking at additional actions that we might take here in New York."

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Satellite image shows renewed activity at North Korean nuclear lab

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The activity at Yongbyon lab follows a series of short-range missile tests by North Korea, apparently aimed at ratcheting up pressure on the U.S. and South Korea.

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