North Korean missiles can reach U.S.: legislator

MOSCOW — A Russian lawmaker says that he and colleagues who recently visited Pyongyang were shown North Korean calculations indicating that their missiles could reach the U.S. West Coast. Anton Morozov of the nationalist Liberal-Democratic Party said in remarks carried by Russian state news agency RIA Novosti on Friday that North Korea is preparing to test-fire a long-range missile “in the nearest future.” Morozov, who visited North Korea with two fellow lawmakers earlier this week, said that their interlocutors told them that Pyongyang has the technology that would allow missile warheads to survive the heat while entering the atmosphere. the region hit by a massive quake and tsunami in 2011 that triggered a nuclear plant meltdown, but there were no reports of damage or injuries.

The Japan Meteorological Agency said there was no danger of a tsunami. It said the quake struck at about midnight and measured a preliminary magnitude of 5.9. It was centred about 50 kilometres below the ocean’s surface, it said. The shaking was felt 240 kilometres away in Tokyo, Japan’s capital. Public broadcaster NHK said local trains stopped temporarily for safety checks but then resumed service. taken Esqueda from his home. The armed men were allegedly dressed as police.

Ojeda said that the office is pursuing multiple lines of investigation.