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VOA News
December 01, 2012
The United States has responded to North Korea's announcement that it plans to launch a long-range rocket, saying the act would be "highly provocative" and would threaten peace and security in the region. It said any such launch using ballistic missile technology would be in direct violation of United Nations Security Council resolutions adopted earlier this year.
The U.S. State Department released its response Saturday, after North Korea's official news agency reported the Stalinist state plans to launch a long-range rocket later this month. The State Department also said devoting scarce resources to the development of nuclear weapons and long-range missiles will further isolate and impoverish North Korea.
Japan's Kyodo news agency reports that Japan is postponing diplomatic talks with North Korea because of the announcement of launch plans.
In a statement published Saturday by the Korean Central News Agency, the Korean Committee for Space Technology said it plans to send a working satellite into orbit between December 10 and 22.
The statement said scientists had analyzed the mistakes that were made during a failed launch in April and have improved the reliability and precision of the latest carrier rocket, intended to put a polar-orbiting earth observation satellite into orbit.
A satellite imagery company, DigitalGlobe, released an image last month showing an increased level of personnel, trucks and other equipment at North Korea's Sohae West Sea Satellite Launch Station. DigitalGlobe said if North Korea desires, it could carry out a long-range ballistic missile test at the site within weeks.
Though recent test launches have failed, nuclear-armed North Korea is thought to be developing an inter-continental ballistic missile that could strike the United States. Pyongyang said the April launch was meant to place a satellite into orbit. But the U.S. and its allies said it was a disguised ballistic missile test banned under U.N. sanctions.
Russia Urges N. Korea to Cancel Rocket Launch
VOA News
December 03, 2012
Russia is urging North Korea not to go ahead with a planned rocket launch later this month. The statement was issued Monday by the Russian Foreign Ministry.
Russia joins an international chorus expressing concern about the North's intentions. Pyongyang says the rocket will carry an earth observation satellite into orbit, but the effort is widely suspected to be a cover for testing North Korea's ballistic missile technology.
China, the North's main ally and key benefactor also said Sunday it was concerned at the launch plans.
Japan has announced the postponement of two days of talks with North Korea that had been scheduled to begin in Beijing Wednesday because of the impending launch.
Japanese Defense Minister Satoshi Morimoto on Saturday ordered the military to make the necessary defensive preparations for a North Korean missile should it go off course and threaten Japanese territory. North Korea made a similar launch attempt in April that failed.
North Korea said Saturday it plans to launch the rocket some time between December 10 and 22.
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