
North Korea may be preparing an underground test for a nuclear bomb, ABC News said on Thursday, citing unidentified US officials.
It quoted a senior military official as saying a US intelligence agency had recently observed 8220;suspicious vehicle movement8217;8217; at a suspected North Korean test site.
A senior State Department official told the network, 8220;It is the view of the intelligence community that a test is a real possibility.8217;8217;
Asked about the report, a senior US official said: 8220;We have no new evidence .8217;8217;
ABC reported the activity at the suspected test site included the unloading of large reels of cable outside an underground facility called Pungyee-yok in northeast North Korea.
The intelligence was brought to the attention of the White House last week, the report said.