A South Korean lawmaker says the nation's spy agency informed a committee that North Korea is preparing provocations, including an intercontinental ballistic missile launch, in protest at an upcoming summit between the leaders of South Korea, Japan and the United States.
The National Intelligence Services aid it has detected unusually heavy activities at a North Korean facility that produces solid-fueled intercontinental ballistic missiles and at another site related to liquid-fueled ICBMs.
The Democratic People s Republic of Korea (DPRK) announced on Wednesday that it had successfully launched a solid-fuel intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM), the Hwasong-18, the previous day. What s the DPRK s new wonder weapon?
A joint statement was signed by the three nations during the 13th Defence Trilateral Talks in Washington. The effort will also see an exchange of assessments on the security developments taking place in the Korean Peninsula and the broader region