China is officially upset with the DPRK

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BEIJING - Pyongyang has allegedly asked Beijing to send them an envoy in order to improve their soured relations, but Beijing turned it down, seen as a warning regarding the regime’s recent warmongering rhetoric.



Multiple sources in Beijing told the JoongAng Ilbo on Tuesday that “North Korea asked China to send a high-ranking envoy at the deputy-ministerial-level, but China rejected it.



“China said ‘if they want an envoy, North Korea should send their envoy [to China] first,’” the source said.



However, the North hasn’t sent an envoy to Beijing so far, the sources said.

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From Japan:

Washington/Seoul – North Korea has moved a missile with “considerable range” to its east coast, South Korea’s defense minister said Thursday, but he added that it is not capable of hitting the U.S. and there are no signs that Pyongyang is preparing for a full-scale conflict.

The report came hours after North Korea’s military warned that it has been authorized to attack the U.S. using “smaller, lighter and diversified” nuclear weapons. It was the North’s latest war cry against America in recent weeks, with the added suggestion that it had improved its nuclear technology.

http://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2013/04/04/asia-pacific/u-s-boosts-defenses-amid-n-korea-threat/