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Report: Nuclear Tests Creating Wasteland, Causing Deformities in North Korea

Report: Nuclear Tests Creating Wasteland, Causing Deformities in North Korea
A North Korean soldier uses his binoculars to look across the Yalu river near Sinuiju, opposite the Chinese border city of Dandong on April 14, 2017. JOHANNES EISELE/AFP/Getty Images
Simon Veazey
Simon Veazey
Freelance Reporter
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Nuclear contamination has been spreading around the test site in North Korea for over a decade, causing deformities in babies and creating a wasteland, according to witness accounts.

Eighty percent of trees in the area around the test site have died, the water is thought to be contaminated, and fish have died out, according to accounts from 21 defectors who used to live in Kilju.

Simon Veazey
Simon Veazey
Freelance Reporter
Simon Veazey is a UK-based journalist who has reported for The Epoch Times since 2006 on various beats, from in-depth coverage of British and European politics to web-based writing on breaking news.
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