US warns N Korea on missiles

Seoul - The US envoy to South Korea has warned North Korea that another launch of a long-range missile would have "serious consequences…

Seoul - The US envoy to South Korea has warned North Korea that another launch of a long-range missile would have "serious consequences" for its chances of improving relations with Washington. But the ambassador, Mr Stephen Bosworth, said the US was ready to improve relations with the communist state across a "broad front" if it heeded the warning, according to comments released by the embassy yesterday.

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