Some analysts now see signs that Mount Mantap, the 7,200-foot-high peak under which North Korea detonates its nuclear bombs, is suffering from “tired mountain syndrome.”The mountain visibly ...

The mountain is an extinct volcano that straddles North Korea’s border with China, where it is known as Changbai. A water dragon legendarily inhabited the scenic lake at its crater. At 9,003 ...

North Korea’s nuclear tests are not only raising fears around the world, they are causing the peak under which the bombs are being detonated to suffer “tired mountain syndrome.” Analysts are ...

A rugged riverine boundary between North Korea and its neighbors, China and Russia, is formed by the diverging flows of the Amnok (Yalu) and Tuman Rivers from their sources near Paektu Mountain. North ...