Crocodile Tears

North Korea's rocket engine test: World will 'soon witness' significance

* witness : (사건, 사고를) 목격하다

* significance : 중요성

By Lionel Lim and Taehoon Lee, CNN

Updated 1152 GMT (1952 HKT) March 19, 2017

Link : http://edition.cnn.com/2017/03/19/asia/north-korea-high-thrust-engine-test/index.html

Seoul, South Korea (CNN) - North Korean leader Kim Jong Un oversaw the test of a new high-thrust engine seen as a "great leap forward" for the country's rocket industry, state media reported Sunday.

* oversee : (작업, 활동이 제대로 이뤄지는지) 감독하다

* thrust : (거칠게)밀다, 밀치다, 찌르다, 추진력

The test measured the thrust power in the combustion chamber, the structural safety and reliability of the engine, and the movement of the turbine pump, state-owned Korean Central News Agency reported.

* combustion : 불이탐, 연소

* chamber : -실(室)

* combustion chamber : 연소실

It took place at the Sohae Satellite Launching Ground, in North Pyongpan Province, it said.

'Historic significance'

State media said the test was successful and marked an event of "historic significance" that could lead to the rebirth of the country's indigenous rocket industry.

Kim emphasized the whole world would "soon witness what eventful significance the great victory won today carries," KCNA reported.

The announcement came hours before US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson met with President Xi Jingping of China -- North Korea's only major global ally -- in Beijing.

Although neither side brought up the subject publicly, Tillerson was expected to raise the prospect of financial penalties on Chinese companies and banks that do business with North Korea.

* prospect : 가망[가능성]