N Koreans directed to raise flag, await message
North Korea has directed its people to hoist the national flag and watch a state message on TV on Sunday afternoon, a move possibly linked to Pyongyang's missile test.
The Sankei Shimbun, citing unnamed Japanese government sources, said that the country's national flag should be raised at 1030 IST (
Immediate confirmation of the report was not available. The report follows a series of other reports on
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"The military is on the same level of alert as usual. There has been no upgrade in the military alert yet," a defence ministry spokesman said.
The spokesman declined to comment on North Korean preparations for the long-range missile test which Japanese and South Korean media reported had been planned for this weekend.