[Nam Trang Ánh] NO ES BUENO: Corea del Norte ya está reconstruyendo el sitio de misiles que se desmanteló el año pasado después de la primera cumbre de Trump

En julio pasado les trajimos noticias de que Corea del Norte había comenzado a desmantelar su Estación de Lanzamiento de Satélite de Sohae, su estación de lanzamiento principal desde 2012. Parecía un progreso sólido hacia la desnuclearización.

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Pero ahora eso parece haber cambiado. Las nuevas imágenes satelitales muestran que Corea del Norte ha comenzado a reconstruir el sitio de los misiles, ni siquiera una semana después de esta segunda cumbre de Trump Kim que terminó en un punto muerto:

Just days after the summit ended in stalemate, satellite images show workers have been active at North Korea's Sohae Satellite Launching Station, a partially disassembled missile test facility

MPR NEWS – Satellite imagery suggests that North Korea may be taking steps to reactivate a partially decommissioned long-range rocket test site on the 'country's west coast.

Experts say they see evidence that workers are rebuilding at the Sohae Satellite Launching Station. In a matter of days, a rocket-engine test stand and a large transfer structure have been reassembled, according to Joseph S. Bermudez Jr., a senior fellow for imagery analysis at the Center for Strategic and International Studies. The structures were taken down over the course of last summer, Bermudez says, and reassembled in a matter of days.

"We've seen a remarkably quick rebuilding," he says.

News of the apparent activity comes less than a week after a second summit between the U.S. and North Korea ended in stalemate. President Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un met in Hanoi, Vietnam, on Feb. 27 and 28. But the two sides wrapped up talks early after it became apparent that they were far apart on any deal over North Korea's nuclear program.

North Korea wanted sanctions relief in exchange for the dismantlement of a major nuclear weapons research site at Yongbyon. The U.S., meanwhile, insisted that the North must surrender its entire nuclear program in exchange for economic benefits.

The Sohae facility, also referred to as Dongchang-ri and Tongchang-ri, is the site from which North Korea attempted satellite launches in 2012 and 2016. It's also the location of a test stand that Pyongyang has used to fire some of its rocket engines on the ground.

More recently, Sohae figured prominently in the ongoing talks between North Korea and the United States. Last June, after the first U.S.-North Korea summit, in Singapore, Trump said Kim had given his word that he would close "a major missile-engine testing site."

Parece que Kim ha vuelto a su palabra.

Supongo que el alivio de la sanción es una de las razones principales por las que vino a la mesa en primer lugar. Como no lo está recibiendo, está jugando duro y re-nuclearizando.

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Aquí están las dos fotos de satélite que muestran la reconstrucción (haga clic para ampliar):

Como una noticia relacionada, John Bolton ya ha dicho hoy que si Corea del Norte se negara a desnuclearizar, la administración de Trump aumentaría la presión con más sanciones:

REUTERS – President Donald Trump's national security adviser, John Bolton, said on Tuesday that the United States would look at ramping up sanctions on North Korea if Pyongyang did not scrap its nuclear weapons program.

Bolton told Fox Business Network that following the Hanoi summit between Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, Washington would see whether Pyongyang was committed to giving up its "nuclear weapons program and everything associated with it."

"If they're not willing to do it, then I think President Trump has been very clear … they're not going to get relief from the crushing economic sanctions that have been imposed on them and we'll look at ramping those sanctions up in fact," said Bolton, a hardliner who has advocated a tough approach to North Korea in the past.

Parece que las cosas se van a calentar nuevamente entre los Estados Unidos y Corea del Norte. Trump tendrá que jugar duro si quiere llamar la atención de este pequeño dictador enojado.

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Posted By Trang Ánh Nam to Nam Trang Ánh at 3/06/2019 12:21:00 AM

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