South Korea's first rocket carrying an observation satellite blasts off from launch padAugust 25th, 2009 SKorea launches its first rocket into spaceGOHEUNG, South Korea — South Korea has sent its first rocket into space from a launch pad in the south — about four months after rival North Korea drew international sanctions for its own rocket launch. The two-stage Naro rocket lifted off Tuesday from the country's space center on an island off the southern coast.
North Korea will 'closely watch' international response to South Korea's satellite launchAugust 10th, 2009 NKorea closely watching SKorea's rocket launchSEOUL, South Korea —North Korea said Monday it will closely watch the international response to South Korea's planned satellite launch after Pyongyang was brought before the U.N. Security Council for what it said was a similar move.
Five UNSC permanent members agree to impose tough new sanctions on N. KoreaJune 11th, 2009 United Nations, June 11 (ANI): The five permanent members of the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) - The United States, Britain, China, Russia and France-have agreed to impose tough new sanctions on North Korea after that conducted its second nuclear test last month. According to diplomats, a draft resolution puts Pyongyang on notice, saying that the UNSC does not approve of its continued nuclear ambition and would put a stop to it.
SKorea accepts NKorea's proposal for talks on joint factory parkApril 19th, 2009 SKorea: 2 Koreas will hold talks this weekSEOUL, South Korea — South Korea has accepted North Korea's proposal for talks on a joint factory park, setting up the first high-level dialogue between the two countries in a year, an official said Sunday. Unification Ministry spokeswoman Lee Jong-joo told reporters that officials of the two Koreas plan to meet in the border town of Kaesong on Tuesday to discuss the factory complex.
World powers agree UN draft statement on North KoreaApril 12th, 2009 NEW YORK - The world powers have agreed on a UN Security Council draft statement condemning North Korea's rocket launch, diplomats said Sunday. The five permanent members of the council and Japan agreed Saturday to the draft statement seen as a compromise between the supporters of tough measures against North Korea and restrained response to the communist regime's rocket launch.
Five permanent UNSC members agree on statement condemning North Korea rocket launchApril 12th, 2009 NEW YORK - The U.N. Security Council's five permanent members and Japan reached an agreement on a statement condemning North Korea's rocket launch, and reviving a two-and-a-half year old threat of financial and travel sanctions against individuals and entities linked to Pyongyang's missile programme.
Be cautious over North Korea, China asks UNSCApril 6th, 2009 NEW YORK - China has called on the UN Security Council (UNSC) to be 'cautious and proportionate' in its reaction to North Korea's rocket launch. Ambassador Zhang Yesui, China's permanent representative to the UN, told a press conference here Sunday that the reaction of Security Council, which held an emergency session on the missile launch by Pyongyang, should be 'cautious and proportionate'.
North Korea launches rocketApril 5th, 2009 TOKYO - North Korea launched a rocket Sunday, a South Korean foreign ministry official told Yonhap news agency. Pyongyang said it was putting a communications satellite into orbit, but Japan, South Korea and Washington believe the launch was a screen to test a long-range ballistic missile.
UN to hold emergency meet on rocket launchApril 5th, 2009 UNITED NATIONS - The UN Security Council will hold an emergency session Sunday afternoon to discuss the North Korean rocket launch, authorities said. The UN Spokesperson's Office said that the meet of the 15-nation council will begin at 1900 GMT.
Emergency Security Council session sought over rocket launchApril 5th, 2009 NEW YORK - Japan has requested an emergency Security Council session after North Korea launched a rocket from its east coast, a United Nations spokesman said. 'The UN is aware that the missile launch has occurred,' Brent Superville told DPA.
Despite US warning, N. Korea vows to carry out rocket launchApril 4th, 2009 WASHINGTON/TOKYO - Despite a clear warning from US President Barack Obama not to go ahead with the launch of its advanced Taepodong-2 missile, North Korea has vowed to carry it out between Saturday and Wednesday. There are signs that the launch would come soon rather than later.
South Korea says weather has delayed N. Korea's missile launch planApril 4th, 2009 SEOUL - Weather conditions on Saturday have reportedly prevented North Korea from going ahead with the launch of its missile on Saturday. "We thought the launch was likely today, but weather conditions at the (North Korea) rocket base may not have been favourable," South Korea's Yonhap news agency quoted a presidential Blue House official as saying.orth Korea said Saturday preparations for the launch were complete and liftoff was imminent, as U.S., Japanese and South Korean warships with radar plied waters near the communist nation to monitor what they fear is a long-range missile test.
North Korea making final preparations for rocket launchApril 3rd, 2009 SEOUL - North Korea has begun final preparations for its controversial long-range rocket launch and could fire the weapon as early as Saturday, South Korean media reported Friday. 'North Korea seems to have almost finished fuelling the rocket, so it is highly likely it will launch it,' The Korea Times quoted an anonymous government official as saying.
Iranian experts helping North Korea's rocket launchMarch 29th, 2009 PYONGYANG - A Japanese newspaper has claimed that missile experts from Iran are currently in North Korea to supervise Pyongyang's rocket launch. Japan's Sankei Shimbun newspaper has claimed that a 15-membered delegation from Tehran is in the country, advising the North Koreans since the beginning of March.
US confirms North Korea loading rocket onto launch padMarch 26th, 2009 WASHINGTON - North Korea is loading a Taepodong rocket onto a launch pad ahead of what Pyongyang says is a plan to place a satellite into space, a US official confirmed Wednesday. 'It is out there,' the counter-proliferation official said.
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