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| N Korea 'removes' missiles from east coast launch site | N Korea 'removes' missiles from east coast launch site |
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| North Korea has removed two Musudan missiles from a launch site on the east coast, indicating a lowering of tension on the peninsula, a US official said. | |
| Pyongyang reportedly made preparations for a missile launch last month. | Pyongyang reportedly made preparations for a missile launch last month. |
| It had threatened nuclear strikes and attacks on specific targets in the US and South Korea. | It had threatened nuclear strikes and attacks on specific targets in the US and South Korea. |
| The missiles had been ready to launch at any moment but North Korea had now "moved them", a unnamed US defence official told AFP news agency. | The missiles had been ready to launch at any moment but North Korea had now "moved them", a unnamed US defence official told AFP news agency. |
| Meanwhile Pentagon spokesman George Little, who declined to comment directly on the missiles, told reporters "what we have seen recently is a provocation pause". | |
| "And we think that's obviously beneficial to efforts to ensure we have peace and stability on the Korean peninsula." | |
| Regional tensions escalated following Pyongyang's third nuclear test in February. | Regional tensions escalated following Pyongyang's third nuclear test in February. |
| The North had been angered by fresh UN sanctions and wide-ranging annual US-South Korea military drills, which were completed a week ago. | The North had been angered by fresh UN sanctions and wide-ranging annual US-South Korea military drills, which were completed a week ago. |
| A new series of joint anti-submarine drills began on Sunday and will last until Friday, South Korea's Yonhap news agency reports. |