North Korea: On Ground Updates - April 04, 2009

North Korea: On Ground Updates
Saturday, April 04, 2009
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* Bloomberg.com brings us this late Saturday afternoon report and it starts off like this… South Korean security officials were set to resume an emergency meeting today in anticipation of a North Korean rocket launch that’s suspected of being a test of a long-range missile… There was no launch yesterday in the period 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Pyongyang time that North Korea had specified as its window in a filing with international agencies. Kim Jong Il’s regime has said it will fire the rocket in a period through April 8…
Read the full report at link below…
South Korea to Resume Emergency Meeting on North’s Rocket Test
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* The Korea Times has the following 3 reports posted on their website today…
> N. Korea Puts Off Firing Rocket
> NK Rocket Launch Likely to Fail: Rand
> Calling North Korea’s plan of launching a rocket a “provocative” act, U.S. President Barack Obama issued a last-minute call on Pyongyang to scrap the move, adding a warning that the U.S. would bring the matter to the U.N. Security Council for possible sanctions… "We have made it very clear to the North Koreans that their missile launch is provocative, it puts enormous strains on the six-party talks, and that they should stop the launch," Obama said in a press conference, Yonhap reported Saturday…
Obama Warns Pyongyang Over Rocket Launch

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Ready to launch North Korea

About this Video: Poor weather may have delayed a rocket launch by North Korea
News Video Posted on YouTube by RussiaToday
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POST Update:
9:42pm EDT
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* REUTERS is now reporting…
North Korea starts radar to track rocket: report
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POST Update:
SUNDAY Morning
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* WHBF.com is reporting this Sunday morning…
U.S., S. Korea say missile broke apart, fell into water
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* AP has the following report…
North Korea defied international warnings and sent a rocket hurtling over the Pacific on Sunday, a launch President Barack Obama called an illicit test of the regime's long-range missile technology that threatened the security of nations "near and far."… Obama and European Union leaders meeting in Prague condemned the move and said North Korea's dangerous defiance demanded an international response. Diplomats at the United Nations scheduled an emergency Security Council session for later Sunday to discuss what Obama called a clear violation of U.N. resolutions… South Korea and the U.S. military disputed North Korea's claim of a successful launch into space, saying the rocket fell into the ocean in stages…
Read the full report at link below…
NKorea launches rocket, defying world pressure
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.Successful Launch

FOXNews.com has this News Video Report about how the World and the White House reacted to North Korea’s Missile Launch
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Promise Kept

FOXNews.com also has this Video posted up on their website this morning and it touches on the topic… Will North Korea sell their Tech to the Highest Bidder?
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* FOXNews.com has this good read this morning and it starts off like this… The Obama administration is facing its first test in an international crisis Sunday as North Korea defies international resolutions and launches a long-range missile…
Read the full report at link below…
U.S. Prepares for Emergency Session at U.N. But Gives Few Clues About What to Do With North Korea
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