North Korea could launch another ballistic missile before year end: NIS
北 김정은, 최룡해 내세워 황병서 처벌,.. 국정원 북한 연내 탄도미사일 발사 가능성 South Korea's intelligence agency suspects North Korea is trying to upgrade its weapons capabilities to gain some extra leverage against the United States. The agency also says the regime seems to have shaken up its military,... by conducting an inspection of the military's General Political Bureau for the first time in two decades. Kim Hyun-bin reports. More findings from South Korea's intelligence agency. Seoul's National Intelligence Agency,... briefing the National Assembly's intelligence committee,... said that North Korea has inspected its military's General Political Bureau for the first time in two decades, punishing Bureau's chief Hwang Pyong-so and deputy chief Kim Won-hong along with other military officers. The reason behind the rare inspection of a key military organ,... was because of its quote "impure attitude." Led by the vice chairman of the North's ruling Worker's Party, Choe Ryong-hae, the punishment against Hwang came as a surprise as he had been seen as one of the most powerful military figures within the regime. The intelligence agency also revealed the possibility of another ballistic missile launch before the end of the year. The agency said it had spotted suspicious movements at the regime's missile test site and added that the North seems to have conducted an engine test for ballistic missiles. The intelligence agency and military experts say that North Korea is trying to enhance its ballistic missile capabilities. (Korean) "Kim Jong-un ordered, during his new year's address, the completion of the regime's nuclear arsenal. That is why the North has conducted its sixth nuclear test and kept developing its ICBM capabilities." North Korea claims that the rockets are meant to send a satellite into orbit, while Seoul and Washington say the regime's main purpose is to develop an intercontinental ballistic missile that can reach the U.S. mainland. Kim Hyun-bin, Arirang News. Arirang News Facebook: / arirangtvnews ------------------------------------------------------------ [Subscribe Arirang Official YouTube] ARIRANG TV: / arirang ARIRANG RADIO: / music180arirang ARIRANG NEWS: / arirangnews ARIRANG K-POP: / arirangworld ARIRANG ISSUE: / arirangtoday ARIRANG CULTURE: / arirangkorean ------------------------------------------------------------ [Visit Arirang TV Official Pages] Facebook: / arirangtv Twitter: / arirangworld Instagram: / arirangworld Homepage: http://www.arirang.com ------------------------------------------------------------ [Arirang K-Pop] YouTube: / arirangworld Facebook: / arirangkpop Google+: http://plus.google.com/+arirangworld
