美38노스• CSIS "北동창리 발사장 복구 징후"…의도는 불투명<br /><br />Recent satellite images show North Korea re-assembled parts of its major missile-launch site.<br />This comes just days after the Kim-Trump summit in Vietnam that fell apart.<br />Park Hee-jun provides a closer look. New data suggests that North Korea could be rebuilding its key missile-launch site.<br />According to North Korea-monitoring website 38 North on Tuesday,... North Korea is renovating structures at its Sohae Satellite Launching Station in Dongchang-ri-- a site previously used to test missile engines for its ICBMs.<br />The North began dismantling parts of the site last year,... around the time when nuclear talks with the U.S. began.<br />No further movements have been made since August.<br />Recent satellite imagery, however, shows that new work took place between February 16th and March 2nd.<br />Two cranes have been added to the site.<br />The rail-mounted transfer building has also been rebuilt with new walls and a roof.<br />And materials that have been seen stacked next to the building a few months ago,... have apparently been removed. <br />The same data was analyzed by the CSIS,... who assessed that the developments are "deliberate and purposeful."<br />The report claims the regime is rapidly rebuilding the rocket site,... adding that the renewed activity "may indicate North Korean plans to demonstrate resolve" following the collapsed summit in Hanoi. <br />The previous day at the National Assembly,... South Korea's National Intelligence Service said the site showed signs of restoration work ahead of the summit.<br />NIS Director Suh Hoon highlighted that the North may have intended to maximize the effect of the site's destruction,... if they got the desired outcome from the summit.<br />Or they may be considering launching long-range missiles at the site again,... should the denuclearization talks fail.<br />Park Hee-jun, Arirang News.
