No sign yet of Pyongyang firing missile: Seoul

Seoul July 27 (IANS) South Korea s military on Thursday said there was no clear indication yet of another North Korean ballistic missile launch to mark the 64th anniversary of the armistice agreement that ended the 1950-53 Korean War.

"Currently there s no sign of an imminent North Korean missile launch " Army Col. Roh Jae-cheon spokesman for the Joint Chiefs of Staff (JCS) said at a press briefing.

"Our military is continuing to closely monitor North Korea s every possible provocation mobilizing combined surveillance assets with the US " Yonhap news agency quoted the spokesman as saying.

Last week North Korea moved a truck-mounted transporter erector launcher (TEL) to the vicinity of Kusong near the country s northwestern coast according to Pentagon officials.

If confirmed it portends another missile provocation by the North following the July 4 firing of an intercontinental range ballistic missile.

On Thursday the two Koreas will mark the 64th anniversary of the Armistice Agreement that ended the 1950-53 Korean War although it has never been replaced by a formal peace treaty.

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