The launch of the weekly service linking Vladivostok and the North Korean port of Rajin also came despite North Korea's test-firing of a new type of ballistic missile on Sunday that landed in the sea near Russia, according to Reuters. The
Washington-based 38 North, a website that monitors North Korea, said the images from Saturday showed the continued presence of vehicles and trailers at the Punggye-ri test site and signs that communications cables may have been laid to a test tunnel, according to
Leader Kim Jong-un declared the test "a new birth" for the North's rocket industry, state news agency KCNA said, according to the BBC. He said the engine would help North Korea achieve world-class satellite launch capability, it added. The development, not confirmed elsewhere,
The device was described as a "surface-to-surface medium-to-long-range ballistic missile", according to the Korean state news agency KCNA, Joinfo.com reports with reference to the BBC. South Korea's defence ministry called it an armed provocation to test the response of US President Donald