DPRK deploys mobile missile launchers

ROK sends two destroyers to monitor activity

The Democratic People's Republic of Korea has loaded two mid-range missiles on mobile launchers near its east coast, media said on Friday, fuelling fears of an imminent launch that would escalate tensions.

Seoul-based Yonhap news agency, citing a top government official from the Republic of Korea, said two intermediate Musudan missiles had been transported by train earlier in the week and "loaded on vehicles equipped with launch pads".