North Korea Possibly Preparing Further Missile Tests

A South Korean official warned that North Korea could be making preparations for another missile test, Reuters reported Saturday (see GSN, Aug. 10).

South Korean and U.S. intelligence agencies reported suspicious vehicle movement at North Korea’s main missile test site, Yonhap News Agency quoted the source in Seoul as saying.

“Military intelligence officials have spotted movements by several large vehicles in the North’s Gitdaeryeong area,” the source said.  “They don’t rule out the possibility that it is part of preparations for additional missile tests.”

Another source in Seoul, however, played down the Yonhap report.

“As far as we know, no new vehicles have moved in that area,” the source told Reuters.  “Given this, it may be too much of a stretch to say this indicates the possibility of new missile test by the North” (Reuters/Washington Post, Sept. 2).

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