North korea missile test
North Korea increases pressure with latest missile launches
US President Donald Trump, who has been hoping to revive the stalled talks with North Korea, played down the launches.
The firing of ballistic missiles will cast new doubt on efforts to restart denuclearisation talks after Trump and Kim met at the demilitarised zone (DMZ) between the two Koreas at the end of June.
Since then Kim has accused Washington of acting in "bad faith" and given it until the end of the year to change its approach.
Kim's private armoured train arrived Wednesday in the Russian border town of Khasan, Russian media reports said, where he was welcomed with bread and salt in a traditional gesture.
According to the US official who spoke to Reuters, one photo showed a truck and covered trailer similar to those the North has used to move its ICBMs.
Pompeo was also questioned about Trump’s saying after the summit with Kim that North Korea no longer posed a nuclear threat, an assertion questioned by analysts and mocked by Democrats.
CBS News was the first to identify the site, which is the newest of North Korea’s known major missile testing facilities.
China is already North Korea’s most important ally and biggest trade partner.
Trump told reporters during a meeting with French President Emmanuel Macron at the White House that North Korea had said it wanted to hold the summit “as soon as possible.”
The reactor could be used to produce weapons-grade plutonium, but North Korea is believed to already have enough fissile material for multiple nuclear bombs.
Trump declined to say whether he had any preconditions for talks with Pyongyang as officials in the United States, South Korea, Japan and China responded with caution and guarded optimism.
Kim Jong Un invited Moon to North Korea for a summit, which Moon said the two sides should work towards.
North Korea has refrained from carrying out any weapons tests since late November, when it tested its largest intercontinental ballistic missile.
Trump accused Russia of helping North Korea evade international sanctions meant to punish Pyongyang for its pursuit of a nuclear-armed missile capable of reaching the United States.
North Korea has not tested a missile since late November 2017 and entered into inter-Korean dialogue in January.
The Canadian government source said some nations had less experience than others when it came to sanctions.
The Vancouver meeting, co-hosted by Canada and the United States, comes amid signs that tensions on the peninsula have eased, at least temporarily.
North Korea made a “strong complaint” after Seoul proposed talks to denuclearise the Korean peninsula.
The agenda will include the Pyeongchang Winter Olympics as well as other issues of mutual interest, ministry spokesman Baik Tae-hyun told a regular briefing.