Seoul - North Korea wants to put two detained US journalists on trial for charges of illegal entry and suspected "hostile acts," state-run media said Tuesday.
Authorities were already working on an indictment on "the basis of the already confirmed suspicions," the Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) said.
The two women, Korean-American Euna Lee and Chinese-American Laura Ling, were arrested two weeks ago by guards at the Chinese-North Korean border where they were working on a story.
Washington - The United States has no definitive plans for military intervention if North Korea launches a long-range missile, but would take steps if it were headed to US territory, US Secretary of Defence Robert Gates said.
Gates, who made the remarks on a Fox News Sunday talk show, said if an "aberrant missile" were headed for Hawaii, "we might consider" action.
"But I don't think we have any plans to do anything like that at this point," Gates said.
Washington, Mar. 30 : The United States has no plans to militarily pre-empt the launching of a long-range missile by North Korea, but has added that it would act only if the missile or its parts appeared to be headed toward American territory.
US Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates on Sunday said that Washington could give a calibrated military response with cooperation from Japan and South Korea, but reminded one and all that diplomatic action would be pursued first.
Moscow - Russia called on Friday for North Korea to hold back from testing a long-range missile, warning Pyongyang against an "unnecessary fanning of emotions" in the region.
"The situation now in the North-East Asia region is tense, and it would be better for our partners in North Korea to hold back from this launch ... there is no need for an unnecessary fanning of emotions," Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Alexei Borodavkin told journalists.
Tokyo, Mar. 27 : Japan has ordered its military to destroy any part of the rocket that North Korea is planning to fire early next month should it approach Japanese territory.
A meeting of the Security Council of Japan approved the decision out of concern that debris from the missile - which Pyongyang claims is a launch vehicle for a satellite - could land on northern Japan, report The Telegraph.
Tokyo - Japan on Friday readied its defence for North Korea's planned rocket launch, ordering its military to destroy any fragments that might fall on its territory if the launch goes wrong.
Defence Minister Yasukazu Hamada's orders came after the nation's Security Council met earlier in the day as North Korea prepares what it says is a satellite launch between April 4 and 8, Japanese media reported.
Seoul - North Korea wants to put two detained US journalists on trial for charges of illegal entry and suspected "hostile acts," state-run media said Tuesday.
Washington - The United States has no definitive plans for military intervention if North Korea launches a long-range missile, but would take steps if it were headed to US territory, US Secretary of Defence Robert Gates said.
Washington, Mar. 30 : The United States has no plans to militarily pre-empt the launching of a long-range missile by North Korea, but has added that it would act only if the missile or its parts appeared to be headed toward American territory.
Moscow - Russia called on Friday for North Korea to hold back from testing a long-range missile, warning Pyongyang against an "unnecessary fanning of emotions" in the region.
Tokyo, Mar. 27 : Japan has ordered its military to destroy any part of the rocket that North Korea is planning to fire early next month should it approach Japanese territory.
Tokyo - Japan on Friday readied its defence for North Korea's planned rocket launch, ordering its military to destroy any fragments that might fall on its territory if the launch goes wrong.
