North Koreans volleyball at test location

pyongyang - Analysts analyzing satellite imagery from North Korea have made a striking discovery. The nuclear test site Punggye-ri is believed to be playing volleyball in several places, analysts from the US-Korea Institute reported on the 38 North website.

The photos were taken by a commercial satellite on Sunday. According to the analysts, there seem to be volleyball on up to three different places. Even at the command center, it may have been hung up to play North Korea's popular ball game.

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The experts emphasize that the sporting activities at the complex do not necessarily mean that a nuclear test will not take place in the near future. Satellite imagery shows that the test site is ready to perform a nuclear test 'once the order from Pyongyang has been received. '

The photos were taken by a commercial satellite on Sunday. According to the analysts, there seem to be volleyball on up to three different places. Even at the command center, it may have been hung up to play North Korea's popular ball game.

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The experts emphasize that the sporting activities at the complex do not necessarily mean that a nuclear test will not take place in the near future. Satellite imagery shows that the test site is ready to perform a nuclear test 'once the order from Pyongyang has been received. '

Satellite images from April 16 show what appears to be "volleyball games underway" in N. Korea's nuclear test site https://t.co/bHkmJooY1T pic.twitter.com/JspfUNfwOt— CNN International (@cnni) April 20, 2017