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North Korea begins dismantling rocket launch site

<span style="color: #222222;">North Korea appears to have begun dismantling part of a key rocket launch site in the country's north-west. </span><br />'' <br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">Satellite images of the Sohae station seen by US-based monitoring group 38 North suggest that Pyongyang is complying with the agreement reached between its leader Kim Jong-un and US President Donald Trump during their meeting in Singapore last month. </span><br />'' <br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">Both leaders had signed a deal to work towards complete denuclearisation of the Korean Peninsula. But the deal was criticised for lacking details on when or how Pyongyang would renounce its nuclear weapons. </span><br />'' <br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">Mr Trump had said, the North Korean leader vowed to destroy an engine test site, but did specify which one.</span><br />'' <br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">Pyongyang has maintained that Sohae is a satellite launch site. But US officials suspect that it has been used to test ballistic missiles.</span><br />

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