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TOKYO — North Korea has conducted a ground test of a new type of high-thrust rocket engine that leader Kim Jong Un is calling a revolutionary breakthrough for the country's space program.
Kim attended the test at the Sohae launch site
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The KCNA report said Kim called the test ""a great event of historic significance"" for the country's indigenous rocket industry.
He also said the ""whole world will soon witness what eventful significance the great victory won today carries"" and claimed the test marks what will be known as the ""March 18 revolution"" in the development of the country's rocket industry.
The report indicated the engine is to be used for North Korea's space and satellite-launching program.
North Korea is banned by the United Nations from conducting long-range missile tests, but it claims its satellite program is for peaceful use, a claim many in the U.S. and elsewhere believe is questionable.
North Korean officials have said that under a five-year plan they intend to launch more Earth observation satellites and what would be the country's first geostationary communications satellite — which would be a major technological advance.
Getting that kind of satellite into place would likely require a more powerful engine than its previous ones. The North also claims it is trying to build a viable space program that would include a moon launch within the next 10 years.
The test was conducted as U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson is in China on a swing through Asia that has been closely focused on concerns over how to deal with Pyongyang's nuclear and missile programs.
It's hard to know whether this test was deliberately timed to coincide with Tillerson's visit, but Pyongyang has been highly critical of ongoing U.S.-South Korea wargames just south of the Demilitarized Zone and often conducts some sort of high-profile operation of its own in protest.
Earlier this month
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Japan, which was Tillerson's first stop before traveling to South Korea and China, hosts tens of thousands of U.S. troops.
While building ever better long-range missiles and smaller nuclear warheads to pair with them, North Korea has marked a number of successes in its space program.
It launched its latest satellite — the Kwangmyongsong 4
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It put its first satellite in orbit in 2012, a feat few other countries have achieved. Rival South Korea, for example, has yet to do so.
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Britain's main political parties suspended campaigning Sunday for this week's election after an attack in London left seven people dead.
The truce is the second in the race for the June 8 vote
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But with the race tightening between Prime Minister Theresa May's Conservatives and the main opposition Labour party, the suspension is only for national events - and is likely to last only a few hours.
"The Conservative party will not be campaigning nationally today. We will review as the day goes on and as more details of the attack emerge," a spokesperson for the centre-right party told AFP.
Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn said, "The Labour party will be suspending national campaigning until this evening, after consultations with other parties
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The Scottish National Party said it was suspending national campaigning "this morning."
CANBERRA, Jan. 29 (Xinhua) -- Australia may have a defensive crisis on their hands ahead of the 2015 AFC Asian Cup final, with right-back Ivan Franjic battling a hip injury.
Australia will meet South Korea in Sydney on Saturday night to compete for the title, however Socceroos boss Ange Postecoglou may have to improvise with his defensive options.
Franjic is the only recognized right-back in Australia's squad, but after limping from the field following his team's 2-0 victory over the United Arab Emirates in the semi final on Tuesday
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Australia's only other specialist right-back defender, Chris Herd, has already been forced to leave the squad early and return to the United Kingdom after suffering an achilles injury.
Therefore, Postecoglou may have to play centre-half Trent Sainsbury in a wider role, with Alex Wilkinson deputizing alongside Matthew Spiranovic in the middle.
According to Sainsbury
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"It doesn't bother me," he was quoted as saying by The ABC on Thursday.
"They can put me in goal if they want to, I'm not fussed. I'll go out there and do the job that I'm told."
"I have played there a few times.. I just have to adjust and do what the coach tells me."
However, speaking to reporters on Wednesday night, Franjic remained confident that he will be fit to play in Saturday's showpiece event.
"It was pretty sore at the time
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"Because it was towards the end of the game, we just took a few precautions. I went right wing and I was able to finish the game off."
"It was never bad enough to contemplate coming off. I was happy to push through and I'm sure it'll be good for Saturday.
"It would be devastating, of course, if I had to miss the.
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