N Korea may have ballistic missile capable of reaching US this year: S Korea
20 Nov 2017 7:32 AM GMT
No sign of an imminent nuclear test had been detected, though the North's Punggye-ri complex appears ready for another detonation.'
Tensions have soared following a series of weapons tests by North Korea and a string of increasingly bellicose exchanges between US President Donald Trump and N Korean leader Kim Jong Un. (Photo: AFP)
Seoul: South Korea’s spy agency said on Monday it is possible North Korea can develop an intercontinental ballistic missile capable of reaching the US mainland this year and that it is monitoring developments closely.
No sign of an imminent nuclear test had been detected, though the North’s Punggye-ri complex appears ready for another detonation “at any time”, the agency told lawmakers.
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North Korea, pursuing nuclear and missile programmes in defiance of world condemnation, is also enforcing stronger controls on outside information in the face of international sanctions, the lawmakers said after a closed-door briefing.
( Source : reuters )
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