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CNN
| 1 year ago
North Korea says fueling of rocket is under way From Tim Schwarz , CNN updated 7:06 AM EDT, Wed April 11, 2012 Pyongyang, North Korea (CNN) -- North Korea has started fueling a long-range rocket it plans to launch in the coming days, a senior...
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Tulsa World
| 1 year ago
North Korea Defiant North Korea fueled up a rocket Wednesday in preparation for what now appears to be an imminent liftoff while the country's young leader strengthened his grip on power with a new title making him the nation's top political official.
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Israel National News
| 1 year ago
The country's leaders say the rocket will launch a satellite. The launch has caused controversy due to fears that its real purpose is to test long-range missile technology. South Korea and Japan have both threatened to shoot down the rocket if it...
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Daily News & Analysis
| 1 year ago
North Korea is ready to launch a satellite, an official said Wednesday. On Wednesday morning, the North Korean government invited a group of journalists to visit the General Satellite Control and Command Center, located some 20 km northwest of...
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USA Today
| 1 year ago
North Korea (AP) North Korea was injecting liquid fuel Wednesday into the rocket it intends to send into space soon, a launch that the West deems provocative but that Pyongyang considers a peaceful centerpiece to celebrations marking the 100th...
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Channel NewsAsia
| 1 year ago
North Korea on Wednesday began fuelling a long-range rocket ahead of a landmark political anniversary, defying US calls to cancel the launch and choose a "better future" for its impoverished people. The launch of the rocket is scheduled to occur in a...
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Fox
| 1 year ago
North Korea North Korea on Wednesday readied a historic party conference to bolster its young new leader and began fueling a rocket, defying U.S. calls to cancel the launch in favor of a "better future," AFP reported. The conference of the...
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CNN
| 1 year ago
Fueling of the rocket, which North Korea says will put a satellite in orbit, is under way and will be completed at the "appropriate time," said Paek Chang Ho, head of the North Korean General Satellite Control and Command Center...The announcement...
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Channel NewsAsia
| 1 year ago
North Korea on Wednesday readied a historic party conference to bolster its young new leader as the US demanded the country call off a planned rocket launch in favour of a "better future". The conference of the communist Workers' Party is expected...
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Al Jazeera English
| 1 year ago
43 US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has urged nuclear-armed North Korea not to go ahead with its planned rocket launch if it wants a "peaceful, better future" for its people. "We are consulting closely in capitals and at the United Nations in...
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The Tribune
| 1 year ago
Security Council resolutions that bar North Korea from testing ballistic missiles, White House spokesman Jay Carney said the United States would "work with our partners on next steps if North Korea goes through with this provocation." Speaking after...
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BBC South Asia
| 1 year ago
The US Secretary of State, Hillary Clinton, has said North Korea should not go ahead with its planned rocket launch if it wants a "peaceful, better future" for its people. Mrs Clinton said the launch would be a direct threat to regional security.
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AP Online
| 1 year ago
North Korea (AP) — North Korean space officials said Tuesday that the rocket built to carry a satellite into space was ready for liftoff this week as the nation's leadership makes a series of appointments before a major political gathering.
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Voice of America
| 1 year ago
Video images and photographs taken during a media viewing of what North Korea is calling the Unha-3 rocket have given defense analysts and the intelligence community a fresh opportunity to assess the state of Pyongyang's ballistic missile development.
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Channel NewsAsia
| 1 year ago
China on Tuesday called on all parties to "exercise restraint" and avoid an escalation of tensions on the Korean peninsula ahead of a planned rocket launch by North Korea. The comments, at a foreign ministry briefing, came after the US State...
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International Business Times
| 1 year ago
Reuters As North Korea prepared to show the world its nuclear muscle, US Ambassador to the United Nations Susan Rice said the test would be a blatant violation of its international obligations under Security Council resolutions. "I anticipate that...
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International Business Times
| 1 year ago
Reuters As North Korea prepared to show the world its nuclear muscle, US Ambassador to the United Nations Susan Rice said the test would be a blatant violation of its international obligations under Security Council resolutions. "I anticipate that...
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Daily News & Analysis
| 1 year ago
The US and South Korea will consider any missile launch by North Korea as serious provocation and a violation of its international obligations, including UN resolutions, a top Pentagon official has said. US Defence Secretary Leon Panetta has called...
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Channel NewsAsia
| 1 year ago
South Korean and US defence chiefs vowed Tuesday to take coordinated action in the face of North Korea's planned rocket launch, calling it "a grave provocation", the defence ministry said. Defence Minister Kim Kwan-Jin and US Defence Secretary Leon...
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Yedioth Ahronoth
| 1 year ago
Breaking News US Defense Secretary Leon Panetta spoke with South Korea's Defense Minister by telephone on Monday evening to discuss North Korea's planned missile launch, a Pentagon spokesman said. "Both leaders would regard a missile launch by...
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The Hindu
| 1 year ago
AP North Korean soldiers stands in front of the country's Unha-3 rocket at Sohae Satellite Station in Tongchang-ri, North Korea on Sunday. China has expressed strong concerns over long-time ally North Korea's plans to go ahead with a controversial...
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Xtra News
| 1 year ago
North Korea set to go ahead with rocket Newstalk ZB April 10, 2012, 7:37 am North Korea looks set to go ahead with a provocative long range rocket launch. Last month, Pyongyang announced it would launch a rocket carrying a satellite sometime before...
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Guardian Unlimited
| 1 year ago
The warning about a possible nuclear test comes as North Korea prepares to launch its Unha-3 long-range rocket. North Korea appears to be preparing for a third nuclear test, South Korean intelligence has claimed, further raising tensions ahead of...
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CNN
| 1 year ago
North Korea is planning a new nuclear test in the area where it staged previous atomic blasts, according to a report from South Korean intelligence officials obtained by CNN. The intelligence report has come to light as North Korea gets ready to...
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United Press International
| 1 year ago
A three-stage rocket North Korea denies is part of a ballistic missile test was set on a launching pad, South Korea and journalists given a firsthand look said. Fueling of the rocket was to begin soon, with the launch promised to take place between...
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Taiwan News
| 1 year ago
Travel & Delicacy Beauty never Ends Ecological Environment Taiwan News, Staff Writer 2012-04-09 10:18 AM North Korea's neighbor nations such as South Korea , Japan and China expressed concern over North Korea's plan to launch a rocket this month as...
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China News
| 1 year ago
Foreign ministers from China, Japan and the Republic of Korea vowed on Sunday to do their best to cool tensions as Pyongyang prepares a satellite launch. The move was welcomed by Chinese experts who said that the vow seemed to indicate that Tokyo and...
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Newyork Times
| 1 year ago
South Korea North Korea appears to be preparing for its third underground nuclear test even as it presses ahead with assembling a long-range rocket for its planned launching of a satellite this month, a South Korean government spokesman said Sunday.
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Japan Today
| 1 year ago
China The foreign ministers of China, Japan and South Korea met Sunday in the Chinese city of Ningbo for talks on regional security and cooperation days ahead of a planned North Korean rocket launch. Chinese Foreign Minister Yang Jiechi, Japan's...
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Kuwait Times
| 1 year ago
North Korean soldiers stand in front of the country's Unha-3 rocket, slated for liftoff between April 12-16, as they wait to give a security check to arriving journalists at Sohae Satellite Station in Tongchang-ri, North Korea yesterday. North Korean...
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Russia Today
| 1 year ago
North Korean military specialists have delivered parts of a ballistic missile to the country's northwestern launch pad, South Korean military informed. The launch is at the center of international concern as it is believed to have a military motive.
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Japan Times
| 1 year ago
Japanese Foreign Minister Koichiro Gemba and South Korean Foreign Affairs and Trade Minister Kim Sung Hwan appear to have called for Beijing's cooperation in seeking U.N. Security Council action against North Korea for tighter sanctions if the launch...
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Sydney Morning Herald
| 1 year ago
Philip Sherwell, Andrew Salmon April 9, 2012 Read later Intends to stick to the hardline path laid out by his father .....Kim Jong-un, the North Korean leader, has consolidated power by promoting to his inner circle the heads of the regime's nuclear...
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International Herald Tribune
| 1 year ago
South Korea North Korea appears to be preparing for its third underground nuclear test even as it presses ahead with assembling a long-range rocket for its planned launching of a satellite this month, a South Korean government spokesman said Sunday.
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Al Jazeera English
| 1 year ago
54 North Korea's long-range rocket, scheduled to put what it says is a satellite into orbit next week, has been installed on its launch platform, the country's space officials have said. Engineers said on Sunday that the satellite will orbit the...
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Fox
| 1 year ago
RI, North Korea North Korean space officials have moved all three stages of a long-range rocket into position for a controversial launch, vowing Sunday to push ahead with their plan in defiance of international warnings against violating a ban on...
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AP Online
| 1 year ago
RI, North Korea (AP) — North Korean space officials have moved all three stages of a long-range rocket into position for a controversial launch, vowing Sunday to push ahead with their plan in defiance of international warnings against violating a ban...
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China News
| 1 year ago
Foreign ministers of China, Japan and the Republic of Korea (ROK) met Sunday for talks on trilateral cooperation in China's east coast city of Ningbo. The Sixth Trilateral Foreign Ministers' Meeting among the three nations, chaired by Chinese Foreign...
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DAWN
| 1 year ago
report AFP 12 mins ago Preparations are underway in the northeastern town of Punggye-ri, where the North carried out two previous tests in 2006 and 2009, Yonhap news agency said, citing a Seoul intelligence official.
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Leader Post Online
| 1 year ago
Japan has deployed missile batteries in Tokyo and dispatched destroyers as North Korea makes final preparations for a rocket launch that could take place this week despite fierce condemnation from across the globe. Pyongyang says it will launch a...
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International Business Times
| 1 year ago
Articles North Korea has announced that it will launch an earth observation satellite on its Unha long range rocket in mid-April to commemorate the birth centenary of its late founder-president Kim-II-Sung. The US and other western countries have...
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Inquirer.net
| 1 year ago
Japan has deployed missile batteries in Tokyo and dispatched destroyers carrying interceptor missiles as it boosts its defenses against a planned North Korean rocket launch this month. Japan's Self-Defense Force personnel stand by a PAC-3 Patriot...
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The Herald
| 1 year ago
South Korea North Korea set up the first-stage booster on a launch pad in the northwest part of the country in preparation for its planned rocket launch this month, South Korean government sources said Saturday. The sources said the South Korean...
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The Courier-Mail
| 1 year ago
THE United States and its allies vow a tough response if North Korea goes ahead with its planned long-range rocket launch, but analysts say they will struggle to exert meaningful pressure on Pyongyang. "After various governments finish beating their...
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China News
| 1 year ago
Top diplomats of China, Japan and the Republic of Korea will tell the public how much their governments cherish cooperation among the three neighbors on Sunday in a high-profile launching ceremony for a single website designated for trilateral...
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United Press International
| 1 year ago
South Korean President Lee Myung-bak and a group of U.S. Republican congressmen have called for a united international response to North Korea's rocket launch. Lee and the congressmen said Friday the rocket launch violates a U.N. resolution under...
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China News
| 1 year ago
Chinese Foreign Minister Yang Jiechi met with his Japanese counterpart Koichiro Gemba and his counterpart Kim Sung-hwan of the Republic of Korea(ROK) respectively on Saturday afternoon in Ningbo city of east China's Zhejiang Province. Foreign...
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Zee News
| 1 year ago
China 'worried' about N Korea's satellite plans Beijing: China on Saturday said it is worried and concerned over the latest development on the Korean Peninsula, where its close ally North Korea has decided to launch a satellite disregarding strong...
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Japan Times
| 1 year ago
The Kirishima and the Chokai, equipped with sea-based interceptor missiles and Aegis combat systems, left the Sasebo naval base in Nagasaki Prefecture, while the Myoko left Maizuru base in Kyoto Prefecture to shoot down the rocket if it begins...
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Zee News
| 1 year ago
The two-day meeting in the Chinese city of Ningbo is taking place amid concerns over North Korea's announcement to launch a satellite April 12 and 16 to commemorate the centenary of its leader, Kim Il Sung. Japan has threatened to shoot down the...
