All posts tagged "rocket launch"

  • (Korea Times)
    New Cold War looms over Korea

    China, Russia protest talks on THAAD after NK missile launch By Yi Whan-woo North Korea’s launch of a long-range rocket Sunday, and South Korea’s ongoing talks with the United States over deployment of the terminal high altitude...

    • Posted February 10, 2016
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  • Seen here is a part of the long-range rocket the South Korean military authorities picked up two days after North Korea fired it on Feb. 7, 2016. (Photo courtesy of the Ministry of National Defense)
    N. Korea’s satellite achieves orbit: Defense Ministry

    SEOUL (Yonhap) — The satellite North Korea launched into space earlier this week has achieved orbit, but whether it is operating normally has not been verified, the Defense Ministry said Tuesday. On Sunday, the North launched a...

    • Posted February 9, 2016
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  • South Korean soldiers patrol along the coast of South Korea`s western island of Yeonpyeong, which borders North Korea, on Aug. 26, 2015. The South Korean military has reduced its military alert position since North Korea lifted the quasi-war state of its armed forces following the two Koreas` agreement the previous day on defusing tensions after four days of intensive inter-Korean talks. (Yonhap)
    S. Korea on high alert over further N. Korean provocations

    SEOUL (Yonhap) — South Korea’s presidential office said Monday it is on high alert for any signs of additional provocations by North Korea in the wake of the country’s long-range rocket launch a day earlier. North Korea...

    • Posted February 8, 2016
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  • In this image released by Japan's Kyodo News agency, an unidentified object is photographed in the sky from Dandong, China, near the North Korean border, Sunday, Feb. 7, 2016, at the same time a North Korea rocket was allegedly launched. North Korea on Sunday defied international warnings and launched a long-range rocket that the United Nations and others call a cover for a banned test of technology for a missile that could strike the U.S. mainland. (Minoru Iwasaki/Kyodo News via AP)
    UN condemns N. Korea launch, pledges significant new sanctions

    SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — The U.N. Security Council on Sunday strongly condemned North Korea’s launch of a long-range rocket that world leaders denounced as a banned test of dangerous ballistic missile technology and another “intolerable provocation.”...

    • Posted February 7, 2016
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  • Wu Dawei, middle, China's representative for Korean Peninsula Affairs, talks to Pak Song-il, deputy director of the America department at the North Korean Foreign Ministry, upon his arrival at Pyongyang Airport, North Korea, Tuesday. The visit of Wu, China's point man on North Korea, comes amid a flurry of diplomacy following North Korea's fourth nuclear test on Jan. 6. North Korea says it successfully tested its first hydrogen bomb. ( Yonhap)
    North Korea’s rocket plans seen as disrespectful of China

    BEIJING (AP) — North Korea’s announcement of plans to launch a long-range rocket made during a visit to Pyongyang by a top Chinese envoy will likely be seen as yet another sign of gross disrespect toward its...

    • Posted February 4, 2016
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  • FILE - In this July 26, 2013 file photo, North Korean soldiers tour near model versions of the Unha 3 space launch vehicle which successfully delivered North Korea’s first satellite into Earth orbit, and the Unha 9, right, which would carry a lunar orbiter, on display at an annual flower show held in honor of national founder Kim Il Sung and his son Kim Jong Il, in Pyongyang, North Korea. North Korea’s announcement of plans to launch a long-range rocket during a visit to Pyongyang by a top Chinese envoy will likely be seen as yet another sign of gross disrespect toward its chief ally. (AP Photo/Wong Maye-E, File)
    China says ‘unable to stop’ N. Korea’s planned rocket launch

    BEIJING (Yonhap) — China on Wednesday expressed “serious concern” over North Korea’s plan to launch a long-range rocket this month, but admitted that it can’t prevent Pyongyang from going ahead with the planned launch. China’s foreign ministry...

    • Posted February 3, 2016
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