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Bayesian Inversion of MDJ Seismograms for Source Parameters and Yields of DPRK Underground Nuclear Explosions 2 to 6

The Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK) conducted six underground nuclear explosions at the Punggye-ri nuclear test site at Mount Mantap, a...

Anton Ziolkowski in Pure and Applied Geophysics

Article Open access 01 April 2024

Comparison of LSTM network, neural network and support vector regression coupled with wavelet decomposition for drought forecasting in the western area of the DPRK

Drought forecasting is very important in reducing the drought damage and optimizing water resources. This paper focuses on confirming the advantage...

Yong-Sik Ham, Kyong-Bok Sonu, ... Kum-Ryong Jo in Natural Hazards

Article 23 December 2022

Analysis of Sequences of Aftershocks Initiated by Underground Nuclear Tests Conducted in North Korea on September 9, 2016 and September 3, 2017

Abstract

The article presents the results of analyzing aftershock sequences initiated by underground nuclear tests conducted in North Korea in 2016...

I. O. Kitov, I. A. Sanina in Seismic Instruments

Article 30 September 2022

Using Moment Tensor Inversions for Rapid Seismic Source Detection and Characterization: Application to the North Korean Nuclear Tests

The rapid detection and source characterization of any type of seismic events including earthquakes and nuclear explosions is one of the missions of...

Aurelie Guilhem Trilla, Yoann Cano in Pure and Applied Geophysics

Article Open access 28 March 2024

Sinuijublatta, a New Cockroach (Insecta: Blattaria: Caloblattinidae) from the Lower Cretaceous of Paektho-Dong, Sinuiju, Democratic People’s Republic of Korea

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The new cockroach specimens were collected from the third member of the Sinuiju Formation from Paektho-dong, Sinuiju City, North Phyongan...

K. S. So, C. G. Won in Paleontological Journal

Article 30 November 2023

First Articulated Rhamphorhynchoid Pterosaur from the Early Cretaceous of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea

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A nearly complete skeleton of a Mesozoic pterosaur, which probably belongs to Jeholopterus (Anurognathidae), was discovered in the third...

K. S. So, P. H. Kim, C. G. Won in Paleontological Journal

Article 01 December 2023

Clusterization of Aftershock Activity of Underground Explosions in North Korea

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In April 2021, 3.5 years after the last explosion at the DPRK (North Korea) test site, several aftershocks of DPRK underground explosions...

V. V. Adushkin, I. O. Kitov, I. A. Sanina in Doklady Earth Sciences

Article 01 November 2021

The upper Miocene Namyang flora of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea: preliminary implication for palaeoclimatic interpretation

The Namyang flora and the initial palaeoenvironmental implications of the Late Miocene Kocham Formation in North Hamgyong Province, northern DPRK,...

Myong-Sim Kim, **-Kwon Kim, ... Hyon-Jong Kim in Arabian Journal of Geosciences

Article 21 March 2024

First Occurrence of a Gomphotheriid (Proboscidea, Mammalia) from the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea

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A species of gomphotheriids were firstly discovered from the Kidong Formation from Myongchon County, North Hamgyong Province, Democratic...

Kum Sik Han, Kwang Sik So, ... Se Chan Kim in Paleontological Journal

Article 29 December 2021

Demonstrating the bias-correction impact on regional climate model (RegCM) over the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea: Implication for temperature and precipitation

This study tests the nonlinear bias-correction method of regional climate model (RCM) outputs using observations from meteorological stations in the...

Kum-Ryong Jo, Ki-Song Pak in Journal of Earth System Science

Article 16 April 2022

A New Species of Spinaeblattina Hinkelman, 2019 (Insecta, Blattaria, Mesoblattinidae) from the Lower Cretaceous of Paektho-Dong, Sinuiju, Democratic People’s Republic of Korea

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Spinaeblattina baekthoensis sp. n. (Insecta, Blattaria, Mesoblattinidae), is recorded from the Third Member of the Sinuiju Formation from...

K. S. So, C. G. Won, ... I. Y. Ju in Paleontological Journal

Article 20 December 2021

Paekthoblatta, a New Predatory Cockroach Genus (Insecta: Blattaria: Raphidiomimidae) from the Lower Cretaceous of Paektho-Dong, Sinuiju, Democratic People’s Republic of Korea

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Paekthoblatta coreanica gen. et sp. n. assigned to the family Raphidiomimidae was collected from grey mudstones of the Third Member of the...

K. S. So, C. G. Won, ... I. Y. Ju in Paleontological Journal

Article 20 December 2021

The First Known Mesozoic Mammal in the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea

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A partial skeleton of a Mesozoic mammal has been discovered from the fourth member (tuffaceous sandstone) of the Lower Cretaceous Sinuiju...

C. G. Won, K. S. So, S. H. Jon in Paleontological Journal

Article 30 November 2023

Effect of microphysical schemes on simulation of a rainfall process in the central parts of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea

This study attempts to investigate the numerical simulations of a rainfall processes over the central region of the Democratic People’s Republic of...

Ki-Song Pak, Kum-Ryong Jo in Meteorology and Atmospheric Physics

Article 25 May 2021

Systematic Seismic Events Discrimination Methods at the Kenya National Data Centre (N090)

The International Data Centre (IDC) routinely applies event screening using a multi-technology approach in order to enable member states to...

Josphat K. Mulwa in Pure and Applied Geophysics

Article 23 March 2024

Impact of microphysics schemes on prediction of an extreme heavy rainfall event over the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea: a case study using WRF model

The Kumchon region on the midlands of the Korean peninsula experienced the extreme rainfall on 29 August 2018 during the East Asian Summer Monsoon....

Kum-Ryong Jo, Ki-Song Pak, ... Song-Ryong Kim in Meteorology and Atmospheric Physics

Article 05 June 2023