Kim Jong Un at a Hwasong-17 ICBM launch with top military officials in March 2022 | Image: KCNA
North Korea is preparing to launch intercontinental ballistic missiles as early as this week in response to a trilateral summit between the U.S., South Korea and Japan or U.S.-ROK military drills, Seoul’s intelligence agency told lawmakers on Thursday.
The National Intelligence Service (NIS) also assessed that there is a high probability North Korea and Russia recently signed agreements on weapons trade and joint military drills.
North Korea is preparing to launch intercontinental ballistic missiles as early as this week in response to a trilateral summit between the U.S., South Korea and Japan or U.S.-ROK military drills, Seoul’s intelligence agency told lawmakers on Thursday.
The National Intelligence Service (NIS) also assessed that there is a high probability North Korea and Russia recently signed agreements on weapons trade and joint military drills.
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Jeongmin Kim is the Lead Correspondent at NK News and Editorial Director at KOREA PRO, based in Seoul. Kim covers inter-Korean relations and North and South Korean foreign and military affairs. Kim has covered the 2022 ROK presidential election on the ground, and prior to joining NK News, she worked for the CSIS Korea Chair in Washington D.C. and Reuters news agency’s Seoul bureau.