![]() The United States believes the real aim is to test a long-range ballistic missile. "North Korea has informed the United States that it does not wish to receive additional US food assistance at this time," spokesman Robert Wood told reporters, indicating that the US government will work with non-governmental organizations (NGOs) "to ensure that food that is already in North Korea is distributed to the intended recipients." The decision by North Korea, which faces chronic food shortages, comes amid a nuclear standoff and as Pyongyang has warned it intends to launch a communications satellite early next month. Washington (AFP) March 17 - Pyongyang has rejected US food aid, the State Department said Tuesday as it signaled Washington's concern for the people of the impoverished nation. ![]() NKorea rejects US food aid: State Department ![]() China, a member of the international negotiating group, voiced its concern Tuesday over what it said was an increasingly uncertain situation on the Korean peninsula. Negotiations are currently stalled but the United States and its partners are trying to restart them. The UN passed resolutions imposing limited sanctions, then in February 2007 the United States and four negotiating partners reached a landmark accord with Pyongyang, offering aid and diplomatic benefits in return for nuclear disarmament. Three months later it staged an underground nuclear weapons test. North Korea first tested its Taepodong-2 missile in 2006, but it failed after 40 seconds. North Korea has resisted pressure from the United States and its allies to call off the rocket launch and warned that any attempt to shoot it down would be regarded as an act of war. "We underline the obligations of North Korea that have been agreed in the UN process and we hope for a continuation of that process." While the North insists that the launch, scheduled for April 4-8, is for a communications satellite, the United States believes the real aim is to test a long-range ballistic missile that could, in theory, reach Alaska. "We are in close contact also with the South Korean authorities to get further information about their knowledge on what is happening," commission spokeswoman Christian Hohmann told reporters. ![]() The European Commission on Tuesday said North Korea should abide by its international obligations, as Pyongyang prepares a rocket launch which the US believes is part of a long-range ballistic missile programme. ![]() N Korea should abide by obligations over rocket launch: EU NUKEWARS Analysis: North Korean threat to Japan ![]()
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