“It is a sinister and deliberate anti-peace action” by hostile
forces, the Korean Central News Agency said in an editorial. It said North
Korea remained determined to carry out its plans.
The launch, planned between April 12 and 16, would be North Korea’s third
announced attempt since 1998 to send a satellite into space aboard a
long-range rocket. It defied similar criticism in April 2009 and went ahead
with a launch that was condemned by the U.N. Security Council.
North Korea quit international nuclear disarmament talks in response and then
tested an atomic device, resulting in tightened UN sanctions.
Ban Ki-moon, the UN Secretary General, has urged North Korea to reconsider
next month’s planned launch, and U.S. officials have warned they would not
provide 240,000 metric tons of promised food aid if it goes ahead.
Source: AP
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