EARLY EDITION 18:00 N. Korea unlikely to conduct nuclear or long-range missile test: 38 North

Early Edition 18:00 In the headlines this evening... 38 North says... Pyongyang is not likely to carry out a nuclear test anytime soon. This,... as a top U.S. military officer says a lot more can be done to keep North Korea in check. Hyundai Motor may build a second factory in the U.S. state of Alabama... capable of producing 300-thousand SUVs per year. Plus... we take you to Fukushima, Japan the region hit with a massive earthquake and tsunami four years ago. Stay tuned for these stories and more coming right up. Hello everyone. You′re watching Early Edition at 6. I′m Laah Hyun-kyung in Seoul. And I′m Daniel Choy. Thanks for joining us. Title: N. Korea unlikely to conduct nuclear or long-range missile test: 38 North Pyongyang is unlikely to carry out a nuclear test or missile launch over the next few months. Citing satellite imagery,... the U.S. website 38 North says there are only signs of regular maintenance at North Korea′s Punggye-ri nuclear test site and... the Sohae ... Satellite Launching Station. But the site also notes that... if it wanted to... the North Korean leadership could move forward quickly... with either a bomb test or missile launch. This analysis comes amid speculation that the North might carry out a provocation in response to the ongoing annual joint military drills between South Korea and the United States. No matter how many times Seoul and Washington reiterate the exercises are purely defensive in nature, Pyongyang perceives the drills as a rehearsal for war. Title: U.S. commander calls for greater international cooperation to deal with N. Korea threat A senior U.S. military officer says... much more can be done to keep an unpredictable North Korea in check. This follows military talks between the U.S. and China,... where Beijing officials are usually reluctant to talk about North Korea issues. Kim Hyun-bin reports. The U.S. Army Pacific commander General Vincent Brooks says North Korea came up in his discussions with Chinese military leaders during his recent visit to China. In an interview with the Brookings Institution′s "Order from Chaos" blog on Tuesday, Brooks said he visited Beijing and Hainan last month and had meetings with China′s top generals,... but he did not elaborate on what the two sides said about North Korea. However, he did emphasize the need for dialogue between the U.S., China, South Korea and Japan to formulate a coordinated policy to counter the North Korean nuclear and missile threat. Brooks said the regime′s continual provocations and lack of transparency means there′s always the potential for a military miscalculation. He added that,... given North Korea′s unpredictable nature,... the Pacific Command remains on a so-called "fight tonight" posture and stressed that U.S. troops in South Korea are always on alert. In regards to the U.S. general′s meetings in China,... diplomatic sources in Washington say it′s unlikely much progress was made on No