WASHINGTON, June 18 (Xinhua) -- The United States expects the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) to maintain a freeze on missile tests, President George W. Bush's spokesman Tony Snow said Sunday.

    "We do not want to have a missile test out of North Korea, " Snow told Fox News.

    Snow made the statement over reports that the DPRK was preparing to test a long-range missile that could reach the United States.

    DPRK decided in 1999 that it would place a moratorium on long-range missile testing. Enditem