North Korea: We conducted a "significant experiment" on a satellite launch site near Pyongyang

Media outlets in the country have avoided reporting what they were testing at the launch facility, but noted the test would be used to rank Pyongyang's strategic position. This report came against the backdrop of the North Korean ambassador to the United Nations that nuclear disarmament is no longer at stake and that talks with the US need not be continued

North Korea: We conducted a "significant experiment" on a satellite launch site near Pyongyang

North Korea has conducted a "very significant" experiment at the satellite launch site in Su-hee, north of the capital Pyongyang, the state media reported Sunday. The report did not specify what was tested, but it said the test results would be used to rank the state's strategic position.

Meanwhile, North Korean ambassador to the United Nations, Kim Sung, said nuclear disarmament was not at stake and no talks needed to continue with the United States. Sung said "the long-standing and important dialogue the United States seeks is to 'apply time' to the agenda Its political. "US President Donald Trump said in response that" we will see about it. "

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Trump said Tuesday on the sidelines of the NATO summit that he still has confidence in the North Korean leader, but noted that Kim "likes to send missiles, that's why I call him Rocket Man." He added that Washington might use military force. " "We did it," he warned. This past Thursday, Pyongyang launched two more short-range missiles, after a month's respite.

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