North Korea seen moving missiles from development center: South Korean broadcaster 9/30/2017 8:55:22 AM North Koreas leader Kim Jong Un makes a statement regarding U.S. President Donald Trumps speech at the U.N. general assembly SEOUL, Reuters, SEP. 30, 2017 -- Several North Korean missiles were recently spotted moved from a rocket facility in the capital Pyongyang, South Korea’s Korean Broadcasting System (KBS) reported late Friday amid speculation that the North was preparing to take more provocative actions. The report cited an unnamed intelligence source saying South Korean and U.S. intelligence officials detected missiles being transported away from North Korea’s Missile Research and Development Facility at Sanum-dong in the northern part of Pyongyang. The report did not say when or where they had been moved. The missiles could be either intermediate range Hwasong-12 or intercontinental ballistic Hwasong-14 missiles, according to the report, thoug...

Tillerson in China as U.S. presses North Korean economic squeeze U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson, center, is escorted by officials as he arrives to a meeting with Chinese Foreign Minister BEIJING, Reuters, SEP. 30, 2017 -- U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson will hold top-level talks in China on Saturday as the United States looks to tighten an economic squeeze aimed at persuading North Korea to retreat from its nuclear arms and missile programs. The United States sees China as critical to averting a military confrontation with Pyongyang, which is fast advancing toward its goal of developing a nuclear-tipped missile capable of reaching the United States. U.S. officials say Beijing appears increasingly willing to cut ties to North Korea’s economy by adopting U.N. sanctions, after long accounting for some 90 percent of its neighbor’s foreign trade. But to succeed in reaching any kind of diplomatic solution, Tillerson would need to overcome some basic ...