국정원 "北, 8월 미사일 시험 발사 가능성…예의주시"<br /><br />South Korea's spy agency says it's keeping close tabs on any additional missile testing by North Korea this month.<br />At a parliamentary meeting on Thursday,... Suh Hoon the chief of the National Intelligence Service was quoted by lawmakers as saying that there appears to be a practical need for Pyeongyang to develop its weapons system before resuming denuclearization talks with the U.S.<br />He added that further launches could also come in protest against Seoul's introduction of F-35 stealth fighter jets and planned joint military drills with Washington.<br />As for developments regarding Jo Song-gil,... a former North Korean envoy to Italy who disappeared last year,... the spy agency reportedly said that he has left Rome and is under protection "somewhere else."<br />Jo went missing with his wife in November,... likely to seek asylum.<br />
