North Korea building tunnel for nuclear test

North Korea has built an underground tunnel for possible use in a nuclear test, a South Korean newspaper ,JoongAng Daily reported on Friday.A 700-meter-deep shaft has been built with a horizontal tunnel running nearby at Mount Mantap in North Hamkyong province on the North’s northeast coast, the English-language dailyy reported, citing Chung Hyung-keun, a lawmaker from the opposition Grand National Party.

Chung obtained the information from the National Intelligence Service, the South’s spy agency, according to the report.

22 September 2006