North Korea may be working on missiles

US SPY agencies suspect that North Korea is building new missiles in the same research facility that manufactured the country’s first ballistic missiles capable of reaching the United States, reports said.

According to The Washington Post, security officials said new evidence, including satellite photos taken in recent weeks, suggests that work is under way on at least one intercontinental ballistic missile, possibly two, at a research facility in Sanumdong on the outskirts of Pyongyang.

The report casts further doubt on US president Donald Trump’s claims of victory last month in disarming North Korea.

After the president met with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un in Singapore, Mr Trump declared on Twitter: “There is no longer a threat from North Korea.”

White House counsellor Kellyanne Conway played down the significance of the Post report.

“It suggests that this is a process,” she said of US efforts to denuclearise North Korea. “Things don’t change overnight.” Mr Trump asserted last week that his administration’s plan to dismantle North Korea’s nuclear weapons is “going very well”.

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