Pyongyang may fire missile on Sunday: reports TOKYO, June 18 (Yonhap) -- The North Korean government has ordered its people to hoist the country's national flag and watch a state message on television at 2 p.m. on Sunday, a move possibly linked with Pyongyang's missile activities, a Japanese newspaper said.
Citing unnamed Japanese government sources, the Sankei Shimbun reported Sunday that the reclusive communist state's leadership gave the instructions amid a series of reports of its readiness to test-fire a long-range ballistic missile.
The North's 23 million people are tightly controlled and have limited access to the media.
Some foreign media predicted North Korea may fire the Taepodong-2 missile, believed to be capable of reaching the United States, as early as Sunday.
The Yomiuri Shimbun said North Korea appears to have fueled the missile, based on intelligence unofficially delivered by the U.S. Central Intelligence Agency to the Japanese authorities.
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