FILE - In this April 5, 2009 image made from KRT video, a rocket is lifted off from its launch pad in Musudan-ri, North Korea. North Korea may have the bomb, but it hasn't perfected ways to put one onto missiles to strike far-off adversaries like the United States. That's why Pyongyang's announcement that it will blast a satellite into orbit in April, 2012 is drawing so much attention: Washington says North Korea uses these launches as cover for testing missile systems for nuclear weapons that could target Alaska and beyond. (AP Photo/KRT via AP Video, File) NORTH KOREA OUT, TV OUT
FILE - In this April 5, 2009 image made from KRT video, a rocket is lifted off from its launch pad in Musudan-ri, North Korea. North Korea may have the bomb, but it hasn't perfected ways to put one onto missiles to strike far-off adversaries like the United States. That's why Pyongyang's announcement that it will blast a satellite into orbit in April, 2012 is drawing so much attention: Washington says North Korea uses these launches as cover for testing missile systems for nuclear weapons that could target Alaska and beyond. (AP Photo/KRT via AP Video, File) NORTH KOREA OUT, TV OUT
FIL - In this March 20, 2012 file satellite image taken and provided by GeoEye, a satellite launch pad in Tongchang-ri, Cholsan County, North Pyongan Province, North Korea, is shown. The Tongchang-ri site is about 35 miles (56 kilometers) from the Chinese border city of Dandong, across the Yalu River from North Korea. North Korea has moved a long-range rocket to its northwestern launch site in preparation for a launch next month, South Korean officials said Sunday March 25, 2012. North Korea says it will launch a satellite into space on a long-range rocket around the April 15 (AP Photo/GeoEye) MANDATORY CREDIT
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) ? North Korea has moved a long-range rocket to its northwestern launch site in preparation for a launch next month, South Korean officials said Sunday, as Pyongyang pushes ahead with plans that Washington says are a cover for testing long-range missile systems.
South Korean Defense Ministry and Joint Chiefs of Staff officials said Sunday that the information comes from the South Korean and U.S. militaries. They provided no further details and spoke on condition of anonymity citing department rules.
North Korea says it will launch a satellite into space on a long-range rocket around the April 15 celebration of the centennial of North Korea founder Kim Il Sung. Pyongyang says the launch is part of a peaceful space program.
The United States has warned that the launch could jeopardize a recent deal that would ship U.S. food aid to the North in exchange for a moratorium on missile and nuclear tests.
Washington says North Korea uses such launches as cover for testing missile systems for nuclear weapons that could target Alaska and beyond.
Pyongyang's launch plans are expected to dominate sideline discussions by U.S. President Barack Obama and other world leaders gathering in Seoul for a nuclear security summit. Obama visited the tense border separating the Koreas on Sunday.
The U.N. Security Council condemned North Korea's last long-range rocket launch, in 2009. Pyongyang, which said it was testing satellite technology for peaceful purposes, abandoned six-nation nuclear disarmament talks and, weeks later, carried out a second nuclear test.
(This version corrects North Korea founder's name in paragraph 3.)
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