Potential nuclear test sites pinpointed as summit starts

The US and South Korea have pinpointed 11 underground sites in North Korea where a third nuclear test could be conducted, a newspaper reported today ahead of a summit between the two allies on the communist regime’s growing atomic threat.

South Korean President Lee Myung-bak departed on a trip to Washington for summit talks with President Barack Obama, which are expected to be dominated by the North’s nuclear and missile programs.