Satellite images appear to show that North Korea has begun rebuilding a part of a long-range missile test facility, raising potential questions about the future of US-North Korea negotiations
The Center for Strategic Studies' Beyond Parallel project and 38 North, both respected North Korea monitoring websites, each said it had observed activity at the Tongchang-ri satellite launch facility, which has been dormant since about August of last year.A satellite image of Tongchang-ri.Tongchang-ri is one of the few known missile component development facilities inside North Korea.
How the Hanoi summit unraveled 02:25Yongbyon is the only publicly known complex where North Korea produces fissile material for nuclear weapons, but experts have long believed North Korea operates a series of covert sites that contribute to its ballistic missile and nuclear weapons program. Trump appeared to hint at the existence at least one of those during his news conference following the Hanoi summit, a second uranium enrichment plant.
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