SEOUL, South Korea — North Korea said Sunday it carried out a “very important test” at its long-range rocket launch site that U.S. and South Korean officials said the North had partially dismantled as part of denuclearization steps. The test results will have “an important effect on changing the strategic position of (North Korea) once again in the near future,” KCNA reported. After North Korea entered nuclear talks with the U.S. last year, Washington and Seoul said North Korea had dismantled parts of its Tongchang-ri facility. But South Korea’s spy agency and some U.S. experts said in March that North Korea was restoring the facility, the assessments that rose doubts over whether North Korea is committed to denuclerization. North Korea has since demanded the U.S. to come up with new acceptable proposals by the end of this year.

Source: Philippine Daily Inquirer December 08, 2019 03:11 UTC