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| South Korea raises surveillance alert level | South Korea raises surveillance alert level |
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| South Korea has raised its surveillance alert level amid indications that North Korea is preparing for a medium-range missile test. | South Korea has raised its surveillance alert level amid indications that North Korea is preparing for a medium-range missile test. |
| At least one previously untested missile with a 3,000km (2,000-mile) range is fuelled and ready for launch, US and South Korean sources say. | At least one previously untested missile with a 3,000km (2,000-mile) range is fuelled and ready for launch, US and South Korean sources say. |
| Pyongyang has been making bellicose threats against South Korea, Japan and US bases in the region. | Pyongyang has been making bellicose threats against South Korea, Japan and US bases in the region. |
| It had warned foreigners in South Korea to take precautions in case of war. | It had warned foreigners in South Korea to take precautions in case of war. |
| North Korea is believed to have completed preparations for a missile launch after it moved two Musudan missiles to its east coast, Yonhap news agency says. | |
| In anticipation, the South Korea-US Combined Forces have raised their "Watchcon" status one level up, to increase surveillance monitoring and intelligence staff, Yonhap quoted a senior military official as saying. | |
| North Korea unveiled the Musudan missile during a military parade in 2010 but has yet to test it. There are reports, however, that it may have been sold to Iran and tested there. | |
| North Korea has tested intermediate range missiles before and during periods of crisis and tension, says the BBC's John Sudworth in Seoul. | North Korea has tested intermediate range missiles before and during periods of crisis and tension, says the BBC's John Sudworth in Seoul. |
| So while another test launch would certainly be seen as provocative and a breach of UN Security Council resolutions, it is unlikely to have any major, short-term military significance unless it goes wrong, our correspondent adds. | So while another test launch would certainly be seen as provocative and a breach of UN Security Council resolutions, it is unlikely to have any major, short-term military significance unless it goes wrong, our correspondent adds. |
| The raising of South Korea's surveillance status comes as Japan deployed anti-missile defences in Tokyo as a precaution. | |
| On Tuesday, UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon warned the crisis on the Korean peninsula may become "uncontrollable". | On Tuesday, UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon warned the crisis on the Korean peninsula may become "uncontrollable". |
| He once again urged North Korea to tone down its "provocative rhetoric" and to keep open a joint North-South Korean industrial complex. | He once again urged North Korea to tone down its "provocative rhetoric" and to keep open a joint North-South Korean industrial complex. |
| North Koreans failed to report for work at Kaesong Industrial Complex on Tuesday, suspending one of the few points of co-operation with South Korea. | North Koreans failed to report for work at Kaesong Industrial Complex on Tuesday, suspending one of the few points of co-operation with South Korea. |