SEOUL: US bombers arrived in the western Pacific overnight to deter North Korea in the event of a US-led war with Iraq amid signs of unofficial contacts with Pyongyang about its suspected nuclear weapons ambitions.
The Japanese news agency Kyodo quoted a senior US official yesterday as saying that North Korea was moving ahead with preparations to launch a mid-range Rodong ballistic missile, different from the short-range missile test-fired last week just hours before South Korean President Roh Moo-hyun's inauguration.
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