‘No imminent threat’ after N. Korea moves missiles

North Korea has moved two missiles primed for imminent test firing from a launch site, American officials said, as North Asia tensions eased slightly on the eve of a US-South Korea summit. US and South Korean officials had been worried Pyongyang would heighten a cycle of provocation, which has included threats of nuclear war, by firing the Musudan missiles, which have a range of up to 3,500 miles. These have been moved, said an anonymous US defense official, adding that there was no longer an imminent threat of a launch. Pyongyang, which rattled the world last year by staging a nuclear test, would have to make detectable preparations if it changed its mind about a missile launch.


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