NORTH KOREA’S KIM TO CONDUCT A NUCLEAR TEST NEAR TERM, SOUTH KOREAN INTELLIGENCE SAYS

North Korea’s Kim Jong Un could conduct a nuclear test at the country’s Punggye-ri nuclear test facility in a short time if he decided to, according to media report, citing South Korea’s Defense Intelligence Agency.

The agency also said that North Korea was showing signs of preparing for additional spy satellite launches with Russian technical support in order to secure reconnaissance satellites with a higher resolution than existing ones.