North Korea Preparing for Military Provocations: South Korean Spy Agency

South Korea’s spy agency warned on Aug. 17 that North Korea may be preparing for “military provocations” amid a trilateral summit between the leaders of the United States, Japan, and South Korea.

People sit near a television showing a news broadcast with file footage of a North Korean missile test, at a railway station in Seoul, on Nov. 18, 2022. Anthony Wallace/AFP via Getty Images

South Korea’s spy agency warned on Aug. 17 that North Korea may be preparing for “military provocations” amid a trilateral summit between the leaders of the United States, Japan, and South Korea.

The National Intelligence Service (NIS) told lawmakers in a closed-door meeting that it observed “unusually active” vehicle movements at North Korea’s solid-fuel intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) production site.