North Korea Fires More Test Missiles in Defiance

(26 May 09 - RV) North Korea, defiant in the face of international condemnation of its latest nuclear test, today fired two short-range missiles off its east coast.

In response South Korea said it would join a U.S.-led initiative to intercept ships suspected of carrying weapons of mass destruction, something Pyongyang has warned it would consider a declaration of war.

North Korea fired off three short-range missiles yesterday, an act which U.S. President Barack Obama called a threat to international security.

Lydia O’Kane spoke to John Swenson-Wright a visiting professor at Seoul National University in South Korea about this latest provocation.