WASHINGTON, D.C.: The Pentagon has picked up signs that North Korea is prepping for another missile test, a US defense official said Tuesday, as the United States cited progress in pushing China to impose tough new UN sanctions. The official said the test would be of either an intermediate-range missile or North Korea’s ICBM—known as a KN-20 or a Hwasong-14. “They’re setting up for something,” a second US defense official told AFP. ‘Pretty serious sanctions’After North Korea’s July 4 test, the United States launched a push at the United Nations for tougher measures against Pyongyang. Moscow has also argued that sanctions are not the answer to rein in North Korea, and that talks, as advocated by Beijing, were needed.

Source: Manila Times July 26, 2017 14:37 UTC