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South Korea said Friday it is closely monitoring North Korean military sites because the communist nation may fire more missiles, ...

The leaders of South Korea and the United States told North Korea to drop its atomic ambitions and stop threatening the region while media reports on Wednesday said Pyongyang was moving ahead with plans to launch a long-range missile.

The test firing could come within weeks, possibly when the South Korean president meets with Obama on June 16.

Reporting from Seoul — North Korea has positioned its most sophisticated long-range ballistic missile on a launch pad for a test firing that could come within weeks, a newspaper here reported Monday.

The test comes two days after a meeting when Israel told the U.S. about its concerns over Iran’s nuclear program.