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Inside the Ring: North Korea Prepares to Conduct New Missile Test

Kim Jong Un
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un addresses the crowd from a balcony overlooking Kim Il Sung Square in Pyongyang during a military parade on Oct. 10, 2015 / AP
December 15, 2016

North Korea is preparing to conduct new missile tests amid heightened tensions in Northeast Asia.

U.S. intelligence agencies say Pyongyang will likely conduct a new salvo of missile launches following the latest round of United Nations sanctions against the reclusive communist state.

The world organization on Dec. 1 imposed additional sanctions that seek to block North Korea’s revenue obtained from exports by 25 percent. The sanctions bar member-states from purchasing North Korean copper, nickel, silver and zinc exports, and the sale of large statues, a favored purchase for African dictators. The sanctions followed a recent North Korean underground nuclear test.

Read the entire article at the Washington Times.

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