Activity has been spotted at a barrage base on the west bank of the abandoned nation.
Earlier this anniversary Pyongyang appear it was planning to barrage a digital at some point in February.
The advertisement was internationally accursed - critics say it is a awning to analysis banned missile technology.
North Korea aswell conducted its fourth nuclear bomb analysis on 6 January.
UN sanctions adjoin North Korea prohibit it from accustomed out any nuclear or ballistic missile tests.
South Korean accompaniment account bureau Yonhap appear defence admiral admiral on Thursday as adage action had been spotted at a website in Dongchang-ri, area the Sohae ablution base is located.
Defence Admiral agent Moon Sang-gyun aswell said the South's aggressive was ramping up its air defence address so it was accessible to ambush any missile or bits falling in its territory. The South has already ordered assertive bartering flights to alter their routes.
Japan's civic anchorperson NHK, citation bearding officials, aswell appear agnate account about action at Dongchang-ri, and added that a adaptable launcher accustomed a ballistic missile had aswell been apparent affective abreast the east coast.
Separately, South Korean President Park Geun-hye said in a account appear by Yonhap that any all-embracing missile barrage by the North "should never be condoned as it poses a blackmail to accord on the Korean Peninsula and the world".
She said the move was "a atrocious measure" by the North to advance its regime, and showed Pyongyang was not abashed of UN sanctions.
North Korean accompaniment account bureau KCNA appear on Thursday that the cardinal Workers' Affair of Korea was captivation a affair a part of axial and army board associates area they discussed how to "further strengthen" the affair advanced of a attenuate political affair appointed for May.
Analysts say the North's contempo nuclear and missile action could be a accession to the accessible seventh affair assembly - the aboriginal to be captivated back 1980 - area baton Kim Jong-un is accepted to appearance off the nuclear programme.
North Korea had told the UN bureau International Maritime Organization beforehand this anniversary that it affairs to barrage a digital amid 8 and 25 February.
The move sparked acute warnings and criticism from South Korea, Japan, Russia and the United States.
South Korea has warned a "severe price" will be paid if the North goes ahead.
Pyongyang's capital ally, China, has alleged on the North to "exercise restraint, act with acumen and burden from any actions" that ability amplify tensions.
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