South Korea's spy agency says that North Korea may conduct a missile test in the near future. 
 
The National Intelligence Service(NIS) raised the possibility on Thursday during a closed parliamentary audit, citing "active movement" of vehicles around the missile research facility in Pyongyang.
 
The NIS also said that the North is likely to begin reprocessing spent fuel rods at its main nuclear complex in Yongbyon late this year.
 
The spy agency reported that the North has yet to secure atmospheric reentry technology, a key element to complete its intercontinental ballistic missile(ICBM) program.
 
A lawmaker who attended the audit said that the NIS estimates North Korea is feeling pressure to conduct additional nuclear tests late this year or next year. 
 
The NIS also said it had detected signs of Pyongyang attempting to hack into South Korea's financial institutions.
 
The NIS reportedly detected circumstantial evidence that the North has persistently been trying to gather information needed for targeting and hacking into multiple financial institutions such as the virtual currency trading agency, banks and securities firms.

The audit also revealed that money given to former presidential aides Ahn Bong-geun and Lee Jae-man during the Park Geun-hye administrations came from the spy agency's budget allotted for "special activities." NIS officials refused to answer lawmakers' questions on whether the money was "governing funds" or bribes, saying the case is under investigation by the prosecution. 

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