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No panic in NKorea despite talk of missile test

April 12, 2013 16:18
As neighboring nations kept a close eye on missile movements in North Korea, people in the country's capital began celebrating a series of April holidays, including the anniversary Thursday of their leader's appointment as head of the ruling Worker's Party. Bracing for what South Korea's foreign minister warned could be a test-fire of a medium-range missile, Seoul deployed three naval destroyers, an early warning surveillance aircraft and a land-based radar system, a Defense Ministry official said in Seoul, speaking on condition of anonymity in line with department rules.

Tokyo tells planes to report to US military if near US base

April 12, 2013 15:01
Japan has ordered aircraft to report to the US military first if they enter airspace near the main US military base in Okinawa, a report said early Saturday after fresh North Korean threats. The transport ministry notice issued late Friday was believed to be part of precautions against possible North Korean missile launches, Kyodo News agency reported. The order refers to airspace within 30 kilometres (20 miles) of the Kadena base where Patriot missiles have been deployed.

South Korea and U.S. on missile watch as North hails Kim dynasty

April 12, 2013 14:20
South Korea and the United States were on high alert for a North Korean missile test-launch on Thursday, as the isolated state celebrated the rule of the Kim dynasty and appeared to tone down rhetoric of impending war, reported Reuters. Despite recent threats to attack U.S.

North Korea can launch nuclear missiles - U.S. spy agency

April 12, 2013 14:18
A Pentagon spy agency has concluded with "moderate confidence" that North Korea has the ability to launch nuclear-armed ballistic missiles but the weapons would probably be unreliable, a U.S. lawmaker said on Thursday, reported Reuters. A Pentagon spokesman later said it was "inaccurate" to suggest North Korea had a demonstrated ability to launch a nuclear missile.

White House sees no N. Korea nuclear missile capability

April 12, 2013 13:30
The White House said Friday that North Korea has not demonstrated the ability to deploy nuclear missiles, downplaying an intelligence report from the day before. "North Korea has not demonstrated the capability to deploy a nuclear armed missile," spokesman Jay Carney said, while adding that "there's no question that this is a situation that requires the US to take necessary prudent measures and that is what we've done."

U.S. downplays report on North Korean nuclear missile capability

April 12, 2013 13:02
By Mark Hosenball and Matt Spetalnick WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Obama administration on Friday played down a Pentagon spy agency report that triggered alarm that North Korea might be able to deliver a nuclear-tipped missile at a time of heightened tensions in Asia and the United States over Pyongyang's threats of war.

N. Korea repeatedly moving missiles

April 12, 2013 12:29
North Korea has been repeatedly moving multiple missiles around in an apparent bid to confuse outside intelligence gatherers ahead of an expected launch or to create an impression that it is planning multiple launches. According to intelligence analysis cited by the South Korean news agency Yonhap, two midrange Musudan missiles have been repeatedly moved in and out of a warehouse on the North Korean east coast.

N. Korea likely capable of firing nuclear-armed missiles-US

April 12, 2013 12:25
The US military’s spy agency believes North Korea likely has the ability to place a nuclear warhead on a ballistic missile but the weapon may not be reliable, a US lawmaker said Thursday, quoting from the intelligence assessment.

Kerry backs S. Korea bid to ease crisis with North

April 12, 2013 12:01
US Secretary of State John Kerry Friday demanded North Korea scrap an expected missile test and dial down its blood-curdling rhetoric -- but also backed new peace overtures by Seoul and appealed for reason to prevail. With a US intelligence report offering a chilling new evaluation of Pyongyang's offensive ability as it aimed nuclear threats at Japan, Kerry urged China to step in and said the North would never be accepted as a nuclear power.

Kerry hits back as North Korea threatens Japan

April 12, 2013 08:16
US Secretary of State John Kerry Friday demanded North Korea abandon an expected missile launch as Pyongyang turned its nuclear threats on Japan amid a chilling new evaluation of its offensive capability. Kerry, visiting Seoul to give fulsome US backing to military ally South Korea, joined President Barack Obama in decrying North Korea's incendiary rhetoric -- and urged China to step in.
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