North Korea's missile tests in March showed it could launch multiple missiles at the same time, which could help defeat current missile defense systems. "We are fully prepared to handle it", Han said. Aides said there were contingency plans for the trip in case North Korea carries out a nuclear test.
North Korea is preparing to celebrate the "Day of the Sun" - the anniversary of the birth of North Korean founder Kim Il-sung.
But it was also meant to send an unmistakable message to Washington about the isolated country's military might.
"The precarious situation deserves our attention and concern", Wang said without directly referring to strong retaliation threatened by US President Donald Trump if North Korea resorted to nuclear test.
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The annual U.S. -South Korea military exercises have consistently infuriated the North, which views them as rehearsals for an invasion.
Although DefCon doubts missiles from North Korea could hit United States mainland - others are not so sure.
DPRK stands for the official name of North Korea, the Democratic People's Republic of Korea.
The US president also flexed his military muscle last week by ordering cruise missile strikes on a Syrian airbase the US believed was the origin of a chemical weapons attack on civilians in a northern Syria town.
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Tensions are high after the United States military recently ordered a navy strike group to move towards the Korean peninsula.
Eye witnesses said long-range and submarine-based missiles were shown at the anniversary parade on Saturday. Expectations are high the North may put its newest missiles on display during a military parade that could be held to mark the event.
One can only hope that Eric Trump doesn't get spooked by North Korea's flash of weaponry this weekend, and that Trump takes the Easter break to play a few long rounds of golf.
He then walked up to a podium and clapped with senior government officials to address the thousands of soldiers and a massive crowd taking part in the parade in capital Pyongyang.
China, North Korea's sole major ally and neighbour which nevertheless opposes its weapons programme, has called for talks leading to the denuclearisation of the Korean peninsula.
An American aircraft carrier and other warships have been steaming toward the Korean Peninsula in a show of force, although there has been no specific US threat of retaliatory action if Pyongyang conducts another nuclear test or launches more missiles in defiance of United Nations sanctions.
"North Korea is a problem", Trump said at the White House.
There can be no winners in a war between the United States and North Korea over nuclear weapons and missile programmes, a Chinese minister has said.
A U.S. military official, who requested anonymity to discuss planning, said the United States doesn't intend to use military force against North Korea in response to either a nuclear test or a missile launch. South Korea has a spotty record of tracking developments in North Korea, as information about the secretive, authoritarian state is often impossible to confirm. But there had been fears that the isolated country would mark the Day of the Sun by conducting a nuclear test - in defiance of US warnings not to.
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