SEOUL: North Korea said yesterday it has the right to develop missiles, increasing fears it might resume test-launching long-range missiles while the United States is focused on Iraq.
Pyongyang has fired two short-range missiles off its east coast in the past weeks, raising tensions in a region already roiled by a standoff over its suspected nuclear weapons programmes.
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