Senior North Korean diplomat, Ri Gun is heading to Germany for talks with the United States on food aid.<br/> <br />The U.S. has suspended planned food aid as Pyongyang vows to push ahead with plans to launch a long-range missile.<br/> <br />North Korea says it is a weather satellite, but South Korea and their American allies are calling it a disguised ballistic missile test.<br/> <br />North Korean state TV is critical of these comments, accusing the U.S. of heightening military tension on the Korean peninsula.<br/> <br />According to South Korean media the North fired two short-range missiles off its west coast on Thursday, believed to be part of a test to upgrade capabilities.<br/> <br />Lily Grimes, Reuters
