North Korea readies short-range missile launchers

On Sunday, North Korea appeared to be planning a missile test launch and moved two short-range Scud missile launchers to its east coast. On Saturday, North Korea reiterated it would not give up its nuclear weapons.

By Jane Chung,?Reuters / April 21, 2013

Visitors use binoculars to watch the Unification Bridge, at the Imjingak Pavilion near the border village of Panmunjom, which has separated the two Koreas since the Korean War, in Paju, north of Seoul, South Korea, Sunday.

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North?Korea?has moved two short-range missile launchers to its?east coast, apparently indicating it is pushing ahead with preparations for a test launch, a South Korean news agency reported on Sunday.

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South?Korea?and its allies have been expecting some sort of?North?Korean missile launch during weeks of heightened hostility on the Korean peninsula.

An unidentified South Korean military source told the South's Yonhap news agency that satellite imagery showed that?North?Korean forces had moved two mobile missile launchers for short-range?Scud?missiles to?South Hamgyeong?province.

"The military is closely watching the?North's latest preparations for a missile launch," the source said.

The?North?moved two mid-range Musudan missiles in early April and placed seven mobile launchers in the same area, Yonhap said. A?North?Korean show of force could be staged to coincide with the anniversary of the founding of its?army?on April 25.

A?South Korean Defence Ministry?official said he could not confirm the news report and said there had been no sign of unusual activity in?North?Korea.?North?Korea?fairly regularly test-fires short-range missiles in the sea off itseast coast.

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