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Edition: U.S. Article Comments (1) Save Email Print Reprints Most Popular Most Shared WRAPUP 5-Some flights resume in Europe, ash cloud disrupts 8:53am EDT Arizona passes tough illegal immigration law 19 Apr 2010 Iranian missile may be able to hit U.S. by 2015 19 Apr 2010 Few flights resume in Europe, new ash cloud reported | Video 8:55am EDT Google cyberattack hit password system: report 8:56am EDT Arizona passes tough illegal immigration law 19 Apr 2010 Iranian missile may be able to hit U.S. by 2015 19 Apr 2010 Civil rights leader Dorothy Height dies at 98 8:36am EDT P&G faces growing backlash over updated Pampers 19 Apr 2010 Google cyberattack hit password system: report 8:56am EDT North Korea readying for 3rd nuclear test: report Jack Kim and Jon Herskovitz SEOUL Tue Apr 20, 2010 4:41am EDT Factbox Factbox: A look at North Korea's nuclear arms program 3:55am EDT A visitor looks at models of a North Korean Scud-B missile (1st R) and South Korean missiles at the Korean War Memorial Museum in Seoul November 4, 2009. Credit: Reuters/Choi Bu-Seok SEOUL (Reuters) - North Korea is preparing for a third atomic test that may come in May or June, South Korean broadcaster YTN reported on Tuesday, an act that could further isolate Pyongyang and complicate already troubled nuclear diplomacy. World | South Korea | North Korea South Korean Foreign Minister Yu Myung-hwan dismissed the report, saying Seoul had seen no evidence. "If North Korea was making such preparations, there would be related circumstances that can be detected ... there is no intelligence on such circumstances," Yu told a news briefing. The preparations began in February and involve a level of technical proficiency that is significantly upgraded from the first two tests, considered partial successes at best, YTN quoted an unnamed diplomat as saying. North Korea has boycotted international nuclear disarmament talks for over a year and put conditions on its return that include ending U.N. sanctions imposed after its last test in May 2009 that dealt a severe blow to its feeble economy. North Korea, scrutinized by U.S. spy satellites, can easily signal it is preparing for a test by moving equipment but that does not mean a blast is imminent, analysts said. A third test would improve North Korea's ability to make nuclear weapons but also decrease its supply of fissile material, thought to be enough for six to eight nuclear bombs, experts say. HEDGING ITS BETS Destitute North Korea may be trying to hedge its position, experts said. It needs the aid that comes with making progress in nuclear disarmament talks but also wants the world know it can rattle the region with another nuclear test if discussions fail. "The North is likely to first show that it may conduct a test and then try to prod China and the United States (into making concessions)," said Lee Jong-won, an expert on the North at Japan's Rikkyo University. Leader Kim Jong-il is expected to soon go to China, his state's biggest backer and closest thing it can claim as a major ally, where he may try to win sweeteners for returning to the six-country talks hosted by Beijing, experts said. Kim's leadership has been tested by a failed currency move late last year that exacerbated food shortages among an impoverished public and sparked rare civil unrest. This raised questions about his ability to anoint his youngest son as heir to the state his family has ruled for more than 60 years. Previous nuclear tests, trumpeted at home, have boosted Kim's stature with his country's powerful armed forces and rallied the masses around his guiding military-first rule. A German former aid worker in North Korea told reporters in Beijing that farmers had been resisting accepting the new currency following the reform which, she said, was threatening already precarious food supplies. "Some people thought that after some time everything will be fine again. But then when they said at the beginning of January that nobody could use any foreign currency, then people became really unhappy," said Karin Janz, who until February 1 was North Korea country director for German NGO Welthungerhilfe. Market players, who have grown used to the North's saber rattling, said the report had no major market impact. The North's two previous nuclear tests caused brief, and quickly reversed, falls in local shares and the Korean won. Investors said markets would move on acts that raise the chance of war, shaking the export-based economies of North Asia that are responsible for about one-sixth of the global economy. "North Korea should come to its senses. The people are suffering and they spent 6 billion won ($5.37 million) in fireworks on founder Kim Il-sung's birthday. Imagine how much corn that could buy," South Korean President Lee Myung-bak said. (Additional reporting by Christine Kim in Seoul, Yoko Kubota in Tokyo and Ben Blanchard in Beijing, editing by Jonathan Thatcher and Ron Popeski) World South Korea North Korea Comments See All Comments (1) | Post Comment Apr 20, 2010 6:52am EDT We need to let China deal with North Korea. It’s their backyard Storyburncom_is Report As Abusive See All Comments (1) Add a Comment *We welcome comments that advance the story directly or with relevant tangential information. We try to block comments that use offensive language or appear to be spam and review comments frequently to ensure they meet our standards. If you see a comment that you believe is irrelevant or inappropriate, you can flag it to our editors by using the report abuse links. Views expressed in the comments do not represent those of Reuters. More from Reuters Few flights resume in Europe, new ash cloud reported LONDON (Reuters) - European airports slowly started to return to life on Tuesday after five days cut off from the world due to a huge ash cloud, but some airspace stayed closed after reports a new plume from Iceland may be on its way. Italy, Switzerland and France reopened their airports early on Tuesday though many flights remained canceled, and in Italy only a handful took off in the morning, mainly domestic flights. Hungary, Slovenia and Moldova also resumed flights. | Video Goldman Sachs profit tops forecast, UK opens probe | Video Obama predicts tough fight for Dems in November poll North Korea readying for 3rd nuclear test: report Civil rights leader Dorothy Height dies at 98 Thai "red shirts" call off march, stock prices jump » More Top News Few flights resume in Europe European airports made tentative steps toward resuming flights, but much airspace stayed closed after reports of a new plume. Full Article | Video Live Coverage: Air traffic developments Factbox: Closed airports and airspace Slideshow: Iceland's volcanic ash Natural Disasters Reuters Breakingviews: Stop worrying, love the volcano Sure, it’s been tough on industries but for the rest of us, is missing that meeting or being stranded somewhere nice such a bad thing? Commentary How have you been affected? Video: Cashing in on ash crisis Witness: An act of God? 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