South Korean intelligence agencies have detected signs that North Korea is resto...
WASHINGTON - South Korean intelligence agencies have detected signs that North Korea is restoring part of a missile launch site it began to dismantle after pledging to do so in a first summit with U.S. President Donald Trump last year, South Korea’s Yonhap News Agency reported on Tuesday.
The Yonhap report did not say when the work was detected, but news of it comes days after a second summit on denuclearization between Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un broke down last week over differences on how far North Korea was willing to limit its nuclear program and the degree of U.S. willingness to ease sanctions on the country.
The White House and the U.S. State Department did not immediately respond to a request for comment on the Yonhap report. However, subsequent images indicated North Korea had halted work to dismantle the missile engine test site in the first part of August. While North Korea’s official media said last week that Kim and Trump had decided at the summit to continue talks, its Vice Foreign Minister Choe Son Hui struck a more negative tone, telling reporters Kim “might lose his willingness to pursue a deal” and questioning whether there was a need to continue.
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