Missile experts say it appears North Korea has conducted a static test of a rocket engine, rather than a missile launch, at its Sohae satellite launch site.
North Korea has carried out a"very important" test at its Sohae satellite launch site, state media KCNA reported on Sunday, a rocket testing ground that US officials once said Pyongyang had promised to close.
The KCNA report called it a"successful test of great significance" on Saturday but did not specify what was tested.South Korea's defence ministry said South Korea and the United States are cooperating closely in monitoring activities at major North Korean sites including Tongchang-ri, the area where Sohae is located.
"If it is indeed a static engine test for a new solid or liquid fuel missile, it is yet another loud signal that the door for diplomacy is quickly slamming, if it isn't already," said Vipin Narang, a nuclear affairs expert at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in the United States.
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