North Korea in holiday mode amid missile fears
April 12, 2013  14:13
North Koreans crowded a Pyongyang flower show, packed theaters and pledged loyalty to their leader today ahead of a key national holiday, while the top US diplomat landed in rival South Korea for talks on how to defuse tensions on the Korean Peninsula.


As US and South Korean troops braced for what some feared may be an imminent North Korean missile launch, US Secretary of State John Kerry arrived in Seoul today for talks with South Korean officials before continuing on to China.


North Korea has not specified plans to fire a missile or carry out another nuclear test, but has warned that it has weapons on standby and would be prepared to strike if provoked by the US and South Korea, its Korean War foes.
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