Defying US warnings and threats of international sanctions, North Korea has gone ahead with its plan of launching a long-range rocket, which the international community fears might be a disguised test for a long-range ballistic missile.
US says the launch as a provocative act
State Department spokesmsan Fred Lash said the department had received confirmation of the launch from its operations center at 10:30 pm local time (0230 GMT).
"We look on this as a provocative act and certainly would -- from the United States -- take appropriate steps to let North Korea know that it can't threaten the safety and security of other countries with impunity and acts like these," Lash told reporters.
Saturday, April 4, 2009
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