North Korea 'removes missile equipment from test site'

North Korea has removed all long-range missile equipment from a launch site, significantly lowering the possibility of a new test launch, the chief of South Korea’s main spy agency said today, according to Yonhap news agency.

Intelligence reports have said North Korea may have moved two long-range Taepodong-2 missiles, believed potentially capable of reaching the US, to its Musudan-ri launch site on its east coast before test-firing one of them July 5.