Official hints at launching nuclear-tipped missile

A North Korean official has warned that the communist nation could fire a nuclear-tipped missile unless the US acts to resolve its stand-off with Pyongyang, Yonhap news agency reported today.

“We hope the situation will be resolved before an unfortunate incident of us firing a nuclear missile comes,” the unnamed official said , according to a Yonhap report from Beijing. “That depends on how the US will act.”