North Korean ‘Nuclear Test Radiation’ Leaves Hundreds Of Thousands At Risk
Pyongyang: Food grown in the area close to North Korea’s nuclear test site is endangering the health of people across the region, a human rights group claims. Hundreds of thousands
23 Feb 2023 18:30
North Korea dismantled their nuclear testing facility at Punggye-ri in front of the international media in 2018
Pyongyang: Food grown in the area close to North Korea’s nuclear test site is endangering the health of people across the region, a human rights group claims.
Hundreds of thousands of people living close to the Punggye-ri nuclear test site are at risk from radiation from the underground tunnels leaking into groundwater, which is then drunk and used in agriculture, it says.
The Transitional Justice Working Group is calling for the testing of North Korean refugees who have previously lived in the area. It also wants improved inspection of farm and sea produce.
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