North Korea Says Not Bound By Missile Agreement
Kofi Annan said Kim Jong-Il (in file photo) 'has to be very careful not to create an even more complicated situation' (AFP)
Japanese media quoted North Korean Foreign Ministry official Li Byong Dok as saying Pyongyang's actions are not bound by a 2002 moratorium on ballistic-missile launches agreed to by North Korea and Japan.
And in Paris, United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan said: "I hope that the North Korean leader will hear and listen to what the whole world is saying: We are all worried. He has to be very careful not to create an even more complicated situation within the [Korean] Peninsula."
Meanwhile in Geneva, South Korean Foreign Minister Ban Ki-moon said it is unclear whether Pyongyang has put fuel in its long-range Taepodong-2 missile, but the missile is apparently on a launching pad.
(AP, Reuters, AFP)