Recent activity at North Korea’s Sohae Satellite Launch Facility should not be considered as constituting preparations for a missile launch, South Korea’s defense minister said on Monday.

Speaking at a hearing of the National Assembly’s defense committee, Minister of National Defense Jeong Kyeong-doo said it would be a “prejudgement” to label imagery showing ongoing reconstruction at the Sohae Satellite Launch Facility as “missile-related.”

“It should not be judged as activity preparing for a missile launch,” Jeong told lawmakers.

Last Wednesday saw the ROK Ministry of National Defense (MND) report that North Korea “has almost completed the restoration of external facilities” at