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Pyongyang says it conducted a ‘very important test’ at rocket launching site – state media
North Korea has announced it carried out a “test of great significance” to the leadership of the country at the launch site close to the China border, adding that it will help to change the "strategic position" of Pyongyang.
The reported test took place on Saturday afternoon local time, a spokesman for the North Korea’s Academy of the National Defense Science reported in a statement carried by KCNA, which lauded the launch as “successful” and “of great significance to the Central Committee of the Workers' Party of Korea.”
The results of the recent important test will have an important effect on changing the strategic position of the DPRK once again in the near future.
The launch was carried out from the Sohae Satellite Launching Ground in Tongch'ang-ri, Cholsan County, North Pyongan Province, the statement said. The site is located close to the North Korea's northern border with China.
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