MOUNT PAEKTU, North Korea: North Korea has carried out six nuclear tests, but by far the greatest explosion ever seen on the peninsula took place more than 1,000 years ago and created the stark, serene beauty of Mount Paektu.
The vista is one of the most emblematic in the North and one of the most common settings for portraits of the country's founder Kim Il Sung and his son and successor Kim Jong Il. At 2,750m, the volcano is also considered the spiritual birthplace of the Korean people - the nation's mythological founder is said to have been born there, the son of a god and a bear that became a woman.It is mentioned in the national anthems of both Pyongyang and Seoul and the North's leader Kim Jong Un took the South's President Moon Jae-in to see it a year ago during their Pyongyang summit, although there is no memorial on site to mark the visit.
"As geologists, these are the ones we need to keep an eye on," said Hammond, whose seismometers have indicated magma under the volcano."These are the ones with the potential to erupt again."
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