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In another opportunity to excel, the Biden Administration now has North Korea on its plate. Seemingly unsatisfied with 17 missile tests thus far in 2022 alone- including its first ICBM demonstrations in nearly five years- Pyongyang is now prepping its nuclear testing ground.<\/p>\n
Associated Press | By Kim Tong-Hyung<\/strong><\/p>\n SEOUL, South Korea \u2014 President Joe Biden\u2019s special envoy for North Korea said Friday the United States is \u201cpreparing for all contingencies\u201d in close coordination with its South Korean and Japanese allies as it monitors North Korean arrangements for a possible nuclear test explosion that outside officials say could be imminent.<\/p>\n South Korean and U.S. intelligence officials have said they detected North Korean efforts to prepare its northeastern testing ground for another nuclear test, which would be its seventh since 2006 and the first since September 2017, when it claimed to have detonated a thermonuclear bomb to fit on its intercontinental ballistic missiles.<\/p>\n Sung Kim, the U.S. special representative for North Korea, was in Seoul for a trilateral meeting with his South Korean and Japanese counterparts to discuss the growing threat posed by North Korea\u2019s nuclear weapons and missiles programs.<\/p>\n \u201cThe U.S. assesses that the DPRK is preparing at its Punggye-ri test site for what would be its seventh nuclear test. This assessment is consistent with the DPRK\u2019s own recent public statements,\u201d said Kim, using the initials of North Korea\u2019s formal name, the Democratic People\u2019s Republic of Korea.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n