HAROWW!!! Rye didn't you pick up da rhone? I have special messege for you!
Posted on 06/17/2006 9:17:26 PM PDT by familyop
TOKYO: North Korea has directed its people to hoist the national flag and watch a state message on television on Sunday afternoon, a move possibly linked to Pyongyang's missile test, a Japanese newspaper said.
The Sankei Shimbun, citing unnamed Japanese government sources, said that the country's national flag should be raised at 1030 IST (2:00 pm local time) and that people should watch the message Sunday evening.
Immediate confirmation of the report was not available. The report follows a series of other reports on Pyongyang's preparations for a long-range missile test this weekend.
On Sunday Japan warned North Korea it would see any test-fired missile that landed on Japanese soil as an attack.
Japanese Foreign Minister Taro Aso gave North Korea a blunt warning about its reported plans.
"If they failed and the missile dropped on ... Japan, things would be complicated," he said in an interview with Fuji Television. "It will be regarded as an attack."
Meanwhile, South Korea maintained the same level of military alert as usual on Sunday, officials said.
"The military is on the same level of alert as usual. There has been no upgrade in the military alert yet," a defence ministry spokesman said.
The spokesman declined to comment on North Korean preparations for the long-range missile test which Japanese and South Korean media reported had been planned for this weekend.
South Korea's cable television news YTN, citing an unnamed diplomatic source, said intelligence officials in Seoul, Tokyo and Washington drew a tentative conclusion that the missile test could come on Sunday.
Current local time in Pyongyang http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/city.html?n=205
...repost for the link:
Pyongyang is 15 hours ahead of Mountain Daylight time--16 hours ahead of Free Republic (Pacific Daylight) time.
Current local time in Pyongyang http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/city.html?n=205
Is the message at 2pm local time or later?
Araiting announcment from Dear Reader.
There's a live thread already.
The Taep'o-dong-2 (TD-2) is said to be a two or three stage missile. North Korea has given various names to the Taep'o-dong missile, such as No-dong-3, Hwasong (Mars)-2 and Moksong (Jupiter)-2. Over time, the estimated range has grown substantially. It was initially estimated to have a range of 4,000 km, but is currently estimated to have a range of up to 15,000 km. The throw weight is variously estimated as between a few hundred kilograms to 1,000 kg, depending on the range.
Kim, Kim, you're breaking our barrs...
It's North Korean local time.
Isn't that Lil' Kim's entire problem?
I can't quite make out the message. Something about a bypass for a hyper something or another in space. And I don't know what Vogon means in English.
HAROWW!!! Rye didn't you pick up da rhone? I have special messege for you!
I expect Fireworks!
Hope the folks in NK are close enough to watch
From the deep sea, the surface of the sea, dry land, outer space and from NK itself, BOOOOOOOOM!!!!!!!!
I say Test away and hope that BJ Clinton, Halfbright and Koffi all get ringside seats.
TT
It's about 10:30 MDT--9:30pm Pacific Daylight time. North Korea announced that it will deliver its national message a half hour from now.
Yes, there is a live thread with 20K plus views and 490 posts at the link I posted above. I'm surprised this thread hasn't been locked. Come on over and join us.
I did not put the post in the sidebar. It's only another one for the archive from another source.
And BTW, a freeper notified us of the North Korean radio broadcast earlier today. But it's important to clarify the time of the promised announcement.
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1651084/posts?page=11#11
Be nice and provide a link for those of us that are challenged or Lazy
TT
I'll be Back!
...little over 2 minutes.
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