The Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) Korea Chair has released a new Beyond Parallel analysis, featuring satellite imagery of North Korea’s Punggye-ri Nuclear Test Facility, acquired on April 2, 2024.
CSIS satellite imagery shows that the road leading into the portal for Tunnel No. 3 of the facility has been cleared of snow, indicating continuing low-level activity within the tunnel. At a minimum, this indicates that North Korea continues to be committed to maintaining the progress already achieved in the reenabling of Tunnel No. 3 and the general health of the facility.
Any activity in or around Tunnel No. 3 is always of concern as both the United States and South Korea have assessed North Korea as having completed all the required preparations for conducting a seventh nuclear test from the tunnel. No activity of significance is observed at the collapsed portals to Tunnels No. 1, 2, and 4.
Read the full analysis and see all new imagery here.
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