BREAKING INTEL: N Korea Tests Long-Range Rocket Engine. Iran Nuke Chief was in N Korea for Nuke Test

N. Korea tested long-range missile engine before nuke blast: sources

Pyongyang carried out a function test of the engine for its long-range “KN-08″ missiles on the Dongchang-ri launch site in North Pyongan Province on Monday, according to multiple government sources.

“It appears that North Korea conducted the engine test aimed at extending the range of the KN-08 missile to over 5,000 kilometers,” said a source. He declined to be identified.

“If the North [...]

Report: N. Korea nuclear test may come within 2 weeks

After carrying out two nuclear tests in 2006 and 2009, North Korea has completed preparations for a third such nuclear test, which could take place within two weeks, AFP reported Saturday, citing South Korean newspaper Chosun Ilbo.

Satellite images show an underground tunnel has been built at the site of North Korea’s two previous nuclear tests. “Heaps of earth and sand which had been piled up outside the new tunnel have disappeared…It [...]