North Korea has continued to upgrade its only known nuclear reactor used to fuel its weapons program, satellite imagery has shown, despite ongoing negotiations with the US and a pledge to denuclearise.
Infrastructure improvements at the Yongbyon nuclear plant are "continuing at a rapid pace", according to an analysis by monitoring group 38 North of commercial satellite images taken on 21 June.
The cooling system for the plutonium production reactor has been modified and at least two new non-industrial buildings have been built on the site, possibly for use by visiting officials. A new engineering office building has been completed and construction has continued on support facilities throughout the complex, according to a blog post written by Frank V Pabian, Joseph S Bermudez Jr and Jack Liu.
"Infrastructure improvements continue at Yongbyon," Jenny Town, managing editor of 38 North, wrote on Twitter. "Underscores reason why an actual deal is necessary, not just a statement of lofty goals."
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/jun/27/north-korea-nuclear-reactor-upgrades-summit-pledges
(Score: 3, Insightful) by janrinok on Thursday June 28 2018, @03:55AM
The title is exactly what the editor should be producing, IMHO.
We are not here to pass an opinion during the editing process - that is the reason for the subsequent discussion. The job is to report the story using the source material in an unbiased and accurate way. The source might be biased, as much reporting is nowadays, but it isn't the editor's job to take sides. And that should be just as true for the editor of the original source as it is for the SN editor,