North Korea Preparing For A Long Range Missile Test

Satellite imagery of the Tongchang-ri launch facility in North Korea. Digitalglobe

North Korea Possibly Preparing Long-Range Missile Test-Report -- Reuters

Nov 23 (Reuters) - North Korea, under heavy U.N. sanctions for its nuclear weapons programme, could be preparing a long-range ballistic missile test, a Japanese newspaper said on Friday, citing officials who have seen U.S. intelligence analysis.

The report comes just weeks before South Korea's Dec. 19 presidential election in which how to handle North Korea is a major campaign issue. The isolated North has for years tried to influence major events in the South by waging propaganda or armed attacks.

North and South Korea have been technically at war since their 1950-53 conflict ended in a truce, not a peace treaty, and regional powers have for years been trying to rein in the North's nuclear programme.

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More News On Reports That North Korea Is Preparing Another Missile Test

U.S. warns of possible N. Korean missile launch -- Asahi Shimbun
U.S. Detects N.Korea Missile-Test Preparations, Asahi Says -- Bloomberg Businessweek
North Korea Preparing for Missile Launch: Japanese Media -- Defense News/AFP
N. Korea preparing to launch new long-range missile: Seoul officials -- Yonhap News Agency
North Korea prepares to launch long range missile -- The Times (Asia)