Asia-Pacific

N. Korea may fire more missiles - S.Korea

(Reuters)
Updated: 2006-07-06 10:49

Activities in North Korea suggests the state may fire more missiles, South Korea's defence minister was quoted as saying on Thursday by Yonhap news agency.

South Korean demonstrators burn North Korean flags and a portrait of North Korean leader Kim Jong-Il during a protest denouncing the North Korea's missile launch in dowuntown Seoul. Japan urged the UN Security Council to adopt a "strong resolution" condemning North Korea's missile launches amid a flurry of US-led diplomacy to respond to what Washington and the EU termed Pyongyang's "provocative" acts.[AFP]

Analysis of equipment and personnel that are being moved in and out of a site suggests the possibility of additional launches, Defence Minister Yoon Kwang-ung was quoted as telling a parliamentary committee.