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Apr 12th, 2012, 08:16 PM
Thank you Kim Jong-un ... no wonder your father decided to die ...
Source: http://www.thestar.com/news/world/article/1160689--north-korea-has-fired-long-range-rocket-south-korea?bn=1
North Korea fires long-range rocket
PYONGYANG, NORTH KOREA—North Korea fired a long-range rocket early Friday, South Korean and U.S. officials said, defying international warnings against moving forward with a launch widely seen as a provocation.
Liftoff took place at 7:39 a.m. from the west coast launch pad in the hamlet of Tongchang-ri, South Korea’s Joint Chiefs of Staff in Seoul said, citing South Korean and U.S. intelligence.
However, the launch may have failed, U.S. officials said in Washington. South Korean officials said they could not confirm that.
Japan’s Defence Minister Naiki Tanaka said, “We have confirmed that a certain flying object has been launched and fell after flying for just over a minute.” He did not say what exactly was launched.
He said there was no impact on Japanese territory from the launch.
In Pyongyang, there was no word about a launch, and state television was broadcasting video for popular folk tunes. North Korean officials said they would make an announcement about the launch “soon.”
North Korea had earlier announced it would send a three-stage rocket mounted with a satellite as part of celebrations honouring national founder Kim Il Sung, whose 100th birthday is being celebrated Sunday.
Space officials say the rocket is meant to send a satellite into orbit to study crops and weather patterns — its third bid to launch a satellite since 1998.
The United States, Britain, Japan and others, however, have called such a launch a violation of UN resolutions prohibiting North Korea from nuclear and ballistic missile activity.
Experts say the Unha-3 carrier is the same type of rocket that would be used to launch a long-range missile aimed at the U.S. and other targets. North Korea has tested two atomic devices but is not believed to have mastered the technology needed to mount a nuclear warhead on a long-range missile.
U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has warned that the launch would be a direct threat to regional security and said the U.S. would pursue “appropriate action” at the UN Security Council if North Korea goes ahead with it.
The UN Security Council will meet to discuss a possible response to North Korea’s rocket launch on Friday, council diplomats said on Thursday.
According to projections, the first stage of the rocket is due to fall into the ocean off the western coast of South Korea, while the second stage of the rocket was due to fall into waters off the eastern coast of the Philippine island of Luzon.
North Korean space officials have dismissed assertions that the launch is a cover for developing missile technology as “nonsense.”
Earlier this week, U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Susan Rice said the 15-nation council should “respond credibly” to a North Korean missile launch. Western diplomats say that the most China, a permanent veto-wielding council member and North Korea’s protector, would accept is a rebuke of Pyongyang.
New sanctions, they said on condition of anonymity, are out of the question.
More to come
Source: http://www.thestar.com/news/world/article/1160689--north-korea-has-fired-long-range-rocket-south-korea?bn=1
North Korea fires long-range rocket
PYONGYANG, NORTH KOREA—North Korea fired a long-range rocket early Friday, South Korean and U.S. officials said, defying international warnings against moving forward with a launch widely seen as a provocation.
Liftoff took place at 7:39 a.m. from the west coast launch pad in the hamlet of Tongchang-ri, South Korea’s Joint Chiefs of Staff in Seoul said, citing South Korean and U.S. intelligence.
However, the launch may have failed, U.S. officials said in Washington. South Korean officials said they could not confirm that.
Japan’s Defence Minister Naiki Tanaka said, “We have confirmed that a certain flying object has been launched and fell after flying for just over a minute.” He did not say what exactly was launched.
He said there was no impact on Japanese territory from the launch.
In Pyongyang, there was no word about a launch, and state television was broadcasting video for popular folk tunes. North Korean officials said they would make an announcement about the launch “soon.”
North Korea had earlier announced it would send a three-stage rocket mounted with a satellite as part of celebrations honouring national founder Kim Il Sung, whose 100th birthday is being celebrated Sunday.
Space officials say the rocket is meant to send a satellite into orbit to study crops and weather patterns — its third bid to launch a satellite since 1998.
The United States, Britain, Japan and others, however, have called such a launch a violation of UN resolutions prohibiting North Korea from nuclear and ballistic missile activity.
Experts say the Unha-3 carrier is the same type of rocket that would be used to launch a long-range missile aimed at the U.S. and other targets. North Korea has tested two atomic devices but is not believed to have mastered the technology needed to mount a nuclear warhead on a long-range missile.
U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has warned that the launch would be a direct threat to regional security and said the U.S. would pursue “appropriate action” at the UN Security Council if North Korea goes ahead with it.
The UN Security Council will meet to discuss a possible response to North Korea’s rocket launch on Friday, council diplomats said on Thursday.
According to projections, the first stage of the rocket is due to fall into the ocean off the western coast of South Korea, while the second stage of the rocket was due to fall into waters off the eastern coast of the Philippine island of Luzon.
North Korean space officials have dismissed assertions that the launch is a cover for developing missile technology as “nonsense.”
Earlier this week, U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Susan Rice said the 15-nation council should “respond credibly” to a North Korean missile launch. Western diplomats say that the most China, a permanent veto-wielding council member and North Korea’s protector, would accept is a rebuke of Pyongyang.
New sanctions, they said on condition of anonymity, are out of the question.
More to come