North Korea is assembling a long-range missile capable of reaching Alaska, a news report said on Wednesday, as the communist regime prepared to test-fire a barrage of missiles from both coasts. The moves further heightened tensions in the region following North Korea's underground nuclear test last ...

SEOUL (AFP) - North Korea appears to have begun assembling a rocket, which it claims will launch a satellite, a report said Friday, despite US and South Korean warnings to halt what they see as a planned missile test. "It appears that (the North) has begun assembling the rocket on the ground," ...