DPRK missile launch "provocative": US

    WASHINGTON, July 4 (Xinhua) -- U.S. national security adviser Stephen Hadley said on Tuesday that the launch of missiles by the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) was a "provocative behavior" but posed no apparent threat to U.S. territory. 

DPRK 's Taepodong-2 missile(File Photo)

    "We do consider it provocative behavior" as the DPRK move violated a missile test moratorium, Hadley said.

    The DPRK test fired a total of five missiles, including the long-range Taepodong 2 missile that resulted in failure about one minute after launch, U.S. officials said.

    Hadley said that the missile launch by the DPRK posed no apparent threat to U.S. territory as "a missile that fails after 40 seconds is not a threat to the United States," he said. Enditem

A satellite image released by US media on May 24, 2006 shows Musudan-ri in No Dong, DPRK, the area where a missile facility is located.(File Photo)

DPRK fires 6th missile: report

    TOKYO, July 5 (Xinhua) -- The Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) fired the sixth missile at around 8:20 a.m. Wednesday (2320 GMT, Tuesday), Kyodo News quoted Japan's Defense Agency as saying.

    But the DPRK have remained silent over similar reports so far. Enditem