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omonatheydidNorth Korea appears to be preparing for a long-range missile test, defying the U.N. Security Council whose members are negotiating a resolution to punish it for its recent nuclear test, Yonhap News Agency reported Saturday, quoting an informed intelligence source.
The source, asking not to be identified, said an object that appeared to be an intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) was recently spotted on a cargo train at an artillery research center near Pyongyang, the North Korean capital.
"We believe that the object is certainly an ICBM," said the official, adding that its size is somewhat similar to the one the North fired into the Pacific on April 5.
North Korea is believed to have started moving the object to a missile launch pad in Musudan-ri on the country's east coast, according to the official.
"The missile may be a modified version of a Taepodong-2 missile, which can travel over 4,000 km," the official said. A Taepodong-2 missile is theoretically capable of reaching the western U.S."
"It usually takes about two months to set up a launch pad, but the process could be done in as little as two weeks, which means the North could launch a long-range missile as early as mid-June," the source said.
The developments of what appears to be preparations for a missile launch follow Monday's nuclear test, which drew the international community's condemnation against North Korea. The test came less than two months after it fired a rocket that the U.S. and its allies say was a disguised form of an intercontinental ballistic missile.
The remarks came shortly after a South Korean defense source in Singapore said some activities were spotted at a North Korean munitions factory used to build long-range missiles.
Some watchers speculate that North Korea may launch a missile at a time close to a summit set for June 16 between South Korean President Lee Myung-bak and his U.S. counterpart, Barack Obama.
"There is a possibility that North Korea may push the 'fire' button right before or after the South Korea-U.S. summit," said a key diplomatic official at the presidential office, requesting to be unnamed.
Source: Korea Times
The source, asking not to be identified, said an object that appeared to be an intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) was recently spotted on a cargo train at an artillery research center near Pyongyang, the North Korean capital.
"We believe that the object is certainly an ICBM," said the official, adding that its size is somewhat similar to the one the North fired into the Pacific on April 5.
North Korea is believed to have started moving the object to a missile launch pad in Musudan-ri on the country's east coast, according to the official.
"The missile may be a modified version of a Taepodong-2 missile, which can travel over 4,000 km," the official said. A Taepodong-2 missile is theoretically capable of reaching the western U.S."
"It usually takes about two months to set up a launch pad, but the process could be done in as little as two weeks, which means the North could launch a long-range missile as early as mid-June," the source said.
The developments of what appears to be preparations for a missile launch follow Monday's nuclear test, which drew the international community's condemnation against North Korea. The test came less than two months after it fired a rocket that the U.S. and its allies say was a disguised form of an intercontinental ballistic missile.
The remarks came shortly after a South Korean defense source in Singapore said some activities were spotted at a North Korean munitions factory used to build long-range missiles.
Some watchers speculate that North Korea may launch a missile at a time close to a summit set for June 16 between South Korean President Lee Myung-bak and his U.S. counterpart, Barack Obama.
"There is a possibility that North Korea may push the 'fire' button right before or after the South Korea-U.S. summit," said a key diplomatic official at the presidential office, requesting to be unnamed.
Source: Korea Times
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Date: 2009-05-30 06:16 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2009-05-30 06:30 pm (UTC)i really wanted to go to sk this fall :(
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Date: 2009-05-30 06:33 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2009-05-30 07:08 pm (UTC)that would explain everything (have you watched mars attack, story of his life, he's just waiting for someone to counter-attack him)
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Date: 2009-05-30 06:37 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2009-05-30 06:39 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2009-05-30 06:40 pm (UTC)No but seriously this is creeping me the fuck out
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Date: 2009-05-30 06:42 pm (UTC)FUCK, YESUNG.
STOP YOUR DAD.
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Date: 2009-05-30 06:48 pm (UTC)no subject
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Date: 2009-05-30 07:13 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2009-05-30 07:13 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2009-05-30 10:37 pm (UTC)So yeah that's pretty much where the whole Kim Jong Il jokes came from.
YeSung was shocked but then at the same time he said,"but this could gain more attention for Super Junior" and I just had to LOL at that xD
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Date: 2009-05-30 10:59 pm (UTC)Yesung: I'm Chairman Kim Jongil's son ? (http://community.livejournal.com/omonatheydidnt/229331.html)
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Date: 2009-05-30 11:24 pm (UTC)no subject
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Date: 2009-05-30 06:47 pm (UTC)no subject
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Date: 2009-05-30 06:53 pm (UTC)I hate to say this, but South Korea is in danger right now. People call North Korea a petulant, attention-starved child (which it is), but this is one child who is playing with nukes and has nothing to lose. Obviously the world would be on NK faster than you can say Kim Jong Il if they launch anything, but not after some serious death tolls in South Korea. All North Korea would need is a few hours...
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Date: 2009-05-30 10:54 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2009-05-31 12:40 pm (UTC)Not to mention that attacking a hostile nation that possesses nuclear ability is a risk that would be hard to justify simply on the basis of removing a threat.
Economic sanctions might work better, in the end, than anything else. The only problem is that those will strike against the people, not the leadership, and we do have to respect human rights regardless of the power struggles involved.
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Date: 2009-05-30 07:00 pm (UTC)"There is a possibility that North Korea may push the 'fire' button right before or after the South Korea-U.S. summit"
I wouldn't be suprised
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Date: 2009-05-30 07:04 pm (UTC)btw what sort of punishment??????????????????????????????
think abt the poor brain-washed north korean civilians please, they have no idea what their brilliant i-came-from-the-heavens leader did!!!!!!
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Date: 2009-05-30 07:22 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2009-05-30 07:54 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2009-05-30 10:51 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2009-05-30 07:25 pm (UTC)lulz i would like to visit this world DD:
Hmm, I don't know how you can do anything that wouldn't effect the people tbh. :/ Though if someone thinks of a way I'm all for it.
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Date: 2009-05-30 07:56 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2009-05-30 07:27 pm (UTC)bby, i wish we did. i really do, but it's obvious with all the turmoil around the world that we haven't hit that level of sophistication yet. we probably won't see anything like that in our time, which is sad :(
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Date: 2009-05-30 07:55 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2009-05-31 12:42 pm (UTC)It's peachy keen out there, I tell you :(
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Date: 2009-05-30 08:17 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2009-05-30 08:20 pm (UTC)no offense :D
and i think the whole reason is cause nk is so closed up, they're not how to say... EXPOSED.
but thn again, i totally failed in social studies, so maybe i'm wrong
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Date: 2009-05-30 09:54 pm (UTC)yeah, they are pretty closed off the world around them. if i remember correctly, most of the people don't have the means to leave the country and those that try to escape end up being caught by the chinese police and shipped back to nk :(
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Date: 2009-05-30 08:01 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2009-05-30 10:50 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2009-05-30 08:18 pm (UTC)On top of everything else, it makes me sick they've acquired this arsenal while starving their own people.
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Date: 2009-05-30 09:03 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2009-05-30 08:57 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2009-05-30 10:49 pm (UTC)Please stop this business D: