N. Korea denies missile plan

SEOUL, Feb. 16 (Yonhap) -- North Korea denied on Monday it was preparing to
test-launch a long-range missile and denounced such intelligence reports coming
out of Seoul and Washington as a "grave provocation."

The recent moves are for "space development," the North's Korean Central News
Agency said. "The United States and some countries are talking nonsense as if we
are 'preparing to test-launch a long-range missile,'" the North's Korean Central
News Agency said.
"They will know in time what will be flown from us," it said. "Space development
is our sovereign right and demand for realistic development."
hkim@yna.co.kr
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