Security officials continue to watch North Korea for signs that the country is going to unveil new weapons or test a new ballistic missile after increased activity near a base, Reuters reports.
What’s going on?
Troops have been seen practicing for an upcoming Workers’ Party of Korea parade.
Typhoons recently hit the country though, which has led to security footage that shows “a flurry of activity at the Sinpo South Shipyard, including in a secure basin where a barge used in previous underwater missile launches is docked,” according to Reuters
- “We’re monitoring developments, as there is a possibility that a submarine-launched ballistic missile test will be conducted there using ejection equipment shortly after the repair is done,” Won In-choul, the nominee for chairman of South Korea’s Joint Chiefs of Staff, told lawmakers this week.
- Other security officials told Reuters that a missile launch is unlikely.
An anti-pandemic campaign?
The Hill reports that officials told the North’s Korean Central News Agency that the country is launching an anti-coronavirus campaign that “is waged consistently without a moment’s indolence, slackness and carelessness.”
- North Korea officials have said there have been no reported cases of COVID-19 within the country.
- North Korea borders China, where the coronavirus is believed to have started.