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North Korea to launch rocket next month
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North Korea to Launch Rocket
North Korea announced Friday its plans to launch a satellite using a long-range rocket, barely two weeks after agreeing to a deal with the U.S. that it wouldn’t do so. The launch, which the country described as both scientific and celebratory, will take place between April 12 and 16 to mark the centenary of the birth of Kim Il-sung, the country’s founder and grandfather of its current leader, Kim Jong-un. However, Seoul has already condemned it as a “grave provocative act against peace and stability on the Korean Peninsula and in Northeast Asia,” and the U.S. State Department has echoed its sentiments. North Korea’s deal with the U.S.—which included halting nuclear tests and long-range missile launches in exchange for U.S. aid—was seen by Washington as a first step to resolving years of tension in the region.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/...y.html?hpid=z3
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Japan readies missile defence system over North Korea rocket
Japan readied its missile defence systems to shoot down a North Korean rocket on Friday, as the UN chief warned that next month's launch could jeopardise food aid.
The nuclear-armed North has announced it will launch a rocket in mid-April to put a satellite into orbit, a move that the United States, South Korea and other nations see as a pretext for a long-range missile test banned by the UN.
The move by North Korea's new leadership has set off alarm bells across the region. The Philippines is calling for help from the United States to monitor the rocket, part of which is expected to land off the archipelago.
The preparations by Japan, regularly the target of North Korean barbs, come as world leaders including US President Barack Obama prepare to meet in Seoul early next week for a summit officially focused on nuclear terrorism.
But the North's atomic programme is expected to be the subject of intense discussion at the talks, which are also to be attended by the presidents of China and Russia.
"I have ordered officials to prepare to deploy the PAC-3 and Aegis warships," Japan's Defence Minister Naoki Tanaka told reporters, referring to surface-to-air missiles and destroyers carrying missiles.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worl...ea-rocket.html
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North Korea to aim test missile at Australia
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A senior United States official says a long-range missile which North Korea plans to test next month will for the first time be aimed towards South-East Asia and Australia.
The assistant secretary of state for East Asia and the Pacific, Kurt Campbell, says the US believes the North Korean missile will land in an area between Australia, Indonesia and the Philippines.
Previous North Korean rockets have been launched over Japan.
Fairfax reported on Saturday that Mr Campbell delivered the message in person to Foreign Minister Bob Carr."If the missile test proceeds as North Korea has indicated, our judgment is that it will impact in an area roughly between Australia, Indonesia and the Philippines," Mr Campbell was quoted as saying."We have weighed into each of these countries and asked them to make clear that such a test is provocative and this plan should be discontinued."
Nuclear-armed North Korea plans to launch the rocket in April to put a satellite into orbit, a move the US, Australia and other nations see as a pretext for a long-range missile test banned by the United Nations.The Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT) says it is deeply concerned by North Korea's plans. A spokesperson for DFAT says the government registered concerns with the North Korean ambassador to Australia in Jakarta on Friday.
Senator Carr says North Korea's nuclear and long-range missile programs present a "real and credible threat to the security of the region and Australia".
He says the planned satellite launch will be a clear breach of UN Security Council resolutions.
Prime Minister Julia Gillard will be among other world leaders invited to South Korea next week for nuclear security talks.Ms Gillard on Wednesday moved a lower house motion to renew Australia's commitment to the eradication of all nuclear weapons.UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon is expected to raise North Korea's rocket launch at the meeting on Monday and Tuesday.
http://www.abc.net.au/news/2012-03-2...tralia/3910342
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This has been all over the news these past days. And I'm quite alarmed 
Do you guys think it's really a satellite
or are they gonna nuke us?
coz I dont think I'm ready to die yet. 
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