Countdown a step closer as preparations get under way
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March 26, 2012, Monday
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NORTH Korea has moved a rocket to a northwestern site in preparation for a launch next month, South Korean officials said yesterday.
The preparations come as North Koreans and new leader Kim Jong Un mark 100 days since the death of Kim's father Kim Jong Il.
In northwestern North Korea, the main body of a long-range rocket was transported to a building in the village of Tongchang-ri in North Phyongan province, South Korean officials said.
The Tongchang-ri launch site is about 50 kilometers from the Chinese border city of Dandong, across the Yalu River from North Korea. Analysts describe it is a new, more sophisticated site that would allow North Korea to fire the rocket from the west coast to avoid sending it over other countries.
North Korea says it is planning to launch a satellite in a scientific endeavor. Launch is set for sometime around celebrations marking the 100th anniversary of the April 15 birth of North Korea's late President Kim Il Sung, who was Kim Jong Il's father and the current leader's grandfather.
Japan is planning to issue an order to troops to shoot down the rocket if it is deemed a threat or violates Japanese airspace.
The preparations come as North Koreans and new leader Kim Jong Un mark 100 days since the death of Kim's father Kim Jong Il.
In northwestern North Korea, the main body of a long-range rocket was transported to a building in the village of Tongchang-ri in North Phyongan province, South Korean officials said.
The Tongchang-ri launch site is about 50 kilometers from the Chinese border city of Dandong, across the Yalu River from North Korea. Analysts describe it is a new, more sophisticated site that would allow North Korea to fire the rocket from the west coast to avoid sending it over other countries.
North Korea says it is planning to launch a satellite in a scientific endeavor. Launch is set for sometime around celebrations marking the 100th anniversary of the April 15 birth of North Korea's late President Kim Il Sung, who was Kim Jong Il's father and the current leader's grandfather.
Japan is planning to issue an order to troops to shoot down the rocket if it is deemed a threat or violates Japanese airspace.
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