The destroyed Punggye-ri nuclear test site: Where is it?
By Cheng Weidan
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Video source: RT

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The entrance to the No.2 tunnel before explosions of Punggye-ri nuclear test site, May 24. (Xinhua/Cheng Dayu)

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Explosive devices in the No.2 tunnel at the Punggye-ri, May 24. (Xinhua/Cheng Dayu)

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Photo taken on May 24 shows explosions at  the nuclear site of Punggye-ri, the Democratic People's Republic of Korea. (Photo: Xinhua)

North Korea has detonated its only known nuclear test site on Thursday, with journalists from China, the US, South Korea, Russia and Britain witnessing the detonations.

The site is located deep inside the mountains in Punggye-ri, a village in Kilju County, North Hamgyong Province.

The site came to the public’s attention in 2006, after North Korea conducted its very first nuclear test. Tunnels can be seen entering the site through satellite imagery.

North Korea’s six nuclear tests were conducted at the site, most recently in September 2017. Pyongyang has claimed that its nuclear tests have not threatened the environment.

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Satellite imagery shows the nuclear test site. (Photo: Reuters)