Future

In the long term, North Korea's testing of Nuclear weapons could have a hugely negative impact on the country and surrounding areas. Nuclear Blasts from testing can cause damage to the human body. Radioactive ash remaining in testing areas can cause radiation poisoning, which in turn leads to death.

Nuclear testing also tends to devastate relative environments and spread polluting soot in the atmosphere. This buildup of soot can cause future greenhouse gas effects, promoting global warming and creating a blockage of sunlight. With this large amount of sunlight blockage and atmospheric pollution overhanging the area, a possible nuclear winter shines in the future of North Korea.

Economically, the production of these weapons is quite expensive, not to mention the price of testing. This continuous drain on the country's treasure sets up grounds for future economic loss.

So far, North Korea itself has done little to nothing in preparation for the future of this issue. In fact, this country has been further promoting the issue by producing and testing more nuclear weapons. However, the United States and other countries (i.e. China) have been making attempts to convince North Korea to re-join the Nuclear Non-Proliferation treaty. Also, the United States has sent in monitory troops in order to watch North Korea's nuclear activities.
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