North Korea has warned that an upcoming Asian tour by US President Barack Obama could escalate military tensions, as South Korean media cited intelligence reports of increased activity at the North's main nuclear test site.
Obama's April 23-29 tour
includes visits to Japan and South Korea, the two main US military
allies in Asia and key partners in the effort to curb Pyongyang's
nuclear weapons programme.
A North Korean foreign
ministry spokesman said the "reactionary and dangerous" trip would only
serve to "escalate confrontation and bring dark clouds of a nuclear arms
race" over the Korean peninsula.
In a statement carried by the North's official KCNA news agency,
the spokesman said recent Asia visits by the US Secretaries of State
and Defence had sought to demonise the North's nuclear and missile
programmes and justify a growing US military presence in the region. "It
is as clear as noonday that Obama will trumpet the same thing," he
said.
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