NORTH KOREA/NUCLEAR/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Amid reports that a North Korean rocket launch facility is once again operational, President Donald Trump said Friday [3-8-19] that he would ‘very disappointed’ if he saw signs of any renewed testing at nuclear or missile sites. He told reporters that he has had a ‘good relationship’ with North Korea leader Kim Jong Un ‘and it remains good’…South Korea’s military said Thursday that it is carefully monitoring North Korean nuclear and missile facilities after the country’s spy agency told lawmakers that new activity was detected at the Sanumdong research center where the North is believed to build long-range missiles targeting the U.S. mainland, the Associated Press reported. Defense Ministry spokeswoman Choi Hyun-soo said the U.S. and South Korean militaries are sharing intelligence over the developments at the research center on the outskirts of the capital, Pyongyang, and at the separate Sohae long-range rocket site. She did not elaborate the purported developments. The Center for Strategic and International Studies, based in Washington, reported Thursday that North Korea’s efforts at Sohae amount to a ‘snapback’ from the dismantlement it undertook after the first summit between Trump and Kim in Singapore in June.”
–Doug Stanglin, “Amid reports that North Korea rocket launch facility operational; Trump would be ‘very surprised’ if Kim Jong Un renews testing,” USA Today, March 8, 2019 11:57 am