SEOUL: US experts said Saturday that recent satellite photos showed no sign of North Korea preparing a new nuclear test, contrary to reports in the South Korean media.

Satellite imagery from September 27 and October 25 of the Punggye-ri nuclear test site indicate “no signs that the North is excavating a new tunnel”, the US-Korea Institute at Johns Hopkins University said on its closely-watched website, 38North.

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