From VOA Learning English,this is IN THE NEWS.North Korea is urging foreign embassiesto consider telling their workersto leave the capital, Pyongyang,because of rising tensions.Britain says North Korea gave the warning to embassiesand international organizations on Friday.The North Korean government reportedly saidit cannot guarantee their safety after April tenthin, what it called, "the event of a conflict."The government has made a series of threatsin recent weeks against South Korea and the United States.The two countries have long enjoyed a strong alliance.For years, the United States stored nuclear weaponsin South Korea for use against the Northif it attacked the South.Those weapons were removed in 1991.But South Korean officials have been debatingwhether to have the United States redeploy the arms.North Korea has wanted to keep its military strong.The North launched its first long-distance rocket in 1998.After a year of negotiations,North Korea agreed to stop long distance missile testsin exchange for better contactswith the United States and its allies.As part of the 1999 agreement,the North received money and food aid.Since then, North Korea has gone back, periodically,to using threats to get more money and food.But in the past few months,the war of words has gotten louder and more threatening.Last December, North Korea launched a long distance rocket.Then, in February, it carried out an underground nuclear test.Those actions led the United Nations Security Councilto expand existing sanctions against North Korea.The Council's decision so angered the North that this week,the government said it had been given final approvalfor a nuclear attack against the United States.But many military experts do not believethe North can act on the threat.South Korea reported this week that North Koreahas moved one of its missiles to its eastern coast.South Korean Defense Minister Kim Kwan-Jin saidthe missile appears to have what he called "considerable range."But he does not believe it can reach the United States mainland.American Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel saidhe is taking the threat seriously."Some of the actions they've taken over the past few weekspresent a real and clear danger and threatcertainly to the interest of our allies,starting with South Korea and Japan."On Wednesday, the United States said it plansto deploy an advanced missile defense system to Guam,an American territory in the Pacific Ocean.The move is meant to serve as a warning,but it will take several weeks for the system to arrive.South Korea's Ministry of National Defensehas confirmed the movement of at least one missile by North Korea.South Korea is also preparing for an attack.It has deployed two warships with radar designed to monitor missiles.Go to 51voa.com for more...