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This boosts speculation that it may launch a long-range rocket on the occasion of the 70th anniversary of the foundation of its Workers' Party on Oct. 10. South Korea and other U.S.-led allies suspect such a launch would merely be a cover for a ballistic missile test banned by the United Nations.
The officials said covers were draped over the gantry of the missile launch pad, which the military regime has been upgrading and the work on which has been finished.
They added the secretive state has installed fences around Dongchang-ri train station, which is connected to Pyongyang directly by railway.
"It is suspected that North Korea is trying to cover up its work related to launching a long-range rocket not to reveal the size of the rocket and other characteristics," a military official said on condition of anonymity.
It is speculated a rocket will be assembled at a plant in the North Korean capital and shipped to the missile platform in Dongchang-ri, which is 200 kilometers northwest of Pyongyang.
However, it remains to be seen when such a shipment will take place.
Citing satellite images, the intelligence officials said no rocket had been spotted in and around Pyongyang.
Seoul also rejected speculation that Pyongyang's possible launch of a ballistic missile was "imminent" following a related report by CNN, Wednesday.
"We're closely monitoring the case and there are no signs that the launch is imminent," an official at the Ministry of Unification told reporters, asking not to be named. "There has been no particular activity at the missile launch pad in Dongchang-ri."
The announcement came after North Korea invited CNN into the country Wednesday and hinted that a satellite launch was "imminent" although it did not specify a time.
"We have finished the work of perfecting the control system of launching a satellite into outer space," Hyon Gwang-il, director of scientific development at the National Aeronautical Development Association (NADA) said during an exclusive interview with the U.S. media outlet. "And again we have nearly finished our important work of controlling a satellite which will be launched into orbit."
He also said that NADA had prepared multiple satellites and they were in the "final stages of perfecting all operations," CNN reported.
It has been widely speculated that the authoritative regime could celebrate the anniversary of the Workers' Party in an unprecedented fashion.
North Korea said on Sept. 14 that it was "pushing forward on the final phase of the development of a new Earth observation satellite for weather forecasting."
It also said on Sept. 15 that it had restarted operations at its nuclear facility in Yongbyon, the main site for its nuclear program. The U.N. also bans North Korea from carrying out nuclear tests and building weapons of mass destruction.