What does North Korea’s dismantling of nuclear test site really mean for Kim Jong-un’s missile programme?

    Punggye-ri, a hidden corner in the mountains of Kilju County, in North Korea’s northwest Hamgyong province, is the only active nuclear test site in the world. But on Thursday North Korea is expected to dramatically close down these secretive facilities, by collapsing or sealing the tunnels leading to the underground testing ground and dismantling research buildings in…

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      ‘Last frontier’ residents fight to save tiny outback opal mining town in South Australia after crime wave

      A plan to permanently close a tiny crime-ridden town in outback Australia is facing a backlash from its 30-odd residents who say it is “the last frontier” and offers a peaceful escape from  the country’s big cities. The state government of South Australia announced earlier this year it would close Mintabie, an opal-mining town about 700 miles from the…

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