• North Korea is said to have carried out a rocket engine test, which could advance its plans to develop an intercontinental ballistic missile. [Reuters]

• An American man was charged under the Espionage Act for giving top-secret documents to an apparent Chinese agent. He could face life in prison. [The New York Times]

• The Battle of Okinawa ended 72 years ago yesterday. In Japan, survivors are looking to a government DNA testing program to locate the remains of family members. [Asahi Shimbun]

• In Mongolia, the concept of palliative care was unknown until one woman persuaded the country’s medical establishment to support people in the last months of their lives. [BBC]

• South Korean scientists are working to engineer the pungent smell out of kimchi, a traditional dish of fermented cabbage, in an effort to “spread kimchi culture worldwide.” [The Washington Post]

• British authorities are conducting safety tests on the cladding of at least 600 other high-rise buildings after the deadly fire at Grenfell Tower in London. [The New York Times]

• Who wants to be king? No one, according to Prince Harry, who said that members of the British royal family were “not doing this for ourselves but for the greater good of the people.” [The New York Times]