North Korea has withdrawn two mobile ballistic missiles from a launch site in the eastern part of the country, according to a U.S. official, the latest hint of an easing in tensions on the Korean Peninsula.
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| North Korea's Musudan missile Source: MSNBC/ tuoitre.vn |
The disclosure came Monday, the day before President Barack Obama was due to meet with his South Korean counterpart, Park Geun-hye, in Washington. According to US officials, the move means there seems to be no possibility of a missile launch, and that Pyongyang would have some preparation to do before any possible launch. Washington also rejected to the possibility that two Musudan missiles were moved to non-operational launch sites.
In another development, North Korea's military warned on Tuesday that it would “mercilessly avenge” any breach of its territorial sovereignty by South Korea or the United States during the ongoing anti-submarine military drills in the Yellow Sea. The Southwestern Front Command of the Korean People's Army said it has directed its troops to immediately strike back should even a single shell fall in its territorial waters.