UPDATED. Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida and South Korean President-elect Yoon Suk-yeol say they have agreed to ramp up three-way ties with the United States in responding to North Korea's evolving military threat.
North Korea used what would be its largest ever intercontinental ballistic missile system in two recent launches, and appears to be restoring some tunnels at its shuttered nuclear test site, US and South Korean officials said on Friday, March 11.
South Korea’s military said on Friday it had detected unspecified activity to restore some tunnels at Punngye-ri, the North’s only known nuclear test site, which were demolished with explosives when it was closed in 2018. “The purpose of these tests, which did not demonstrate ICBM range, was likely to evaluate this new system before conducting a test at full range in the future, potentially disguised as a space launch,” Pentagon spokesman John Kirby said in a statement.
The US Treasury, which has imposed a range of sanctions on North Korea over its weapons program, will announce newm actions on Friday to help prevent North Korea “accessing foreign items and technology that enable it to advance its weapons programmes”, a senior US administration official told reporters in Washington, speaking o condition of anonymity.
Japan is also considering imposing additional sanctions against North Korea, as well as other diplomatic options, Kishida told reporters after a phone call with the South Korean president-elect. The intelligence assessments, released simultaneously by the United States and South Korea, came as North Korean state media reported on Friday that Kim had inspected the Sohae Satellite Launching Ground.
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