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Politics/Diplomacy
2009/04/05 11:43 KST
“(2nd LD) N. Korea fires long-range rocket: S. Korean official”
SNIPPET: “SEOUL, April 5 (Yonhap) — North Korea fired off a multistage rocket from a base along its east coast on Sunday, a senior South Korean foreign ministry official confirmed.
The blast-off occurred at around 11:30 a.m. and seems to have flown over Japan, the official told Yonhap News Agency, asking not to be named.
North Korea said the closely-watched launch was aimed at placing a satellite into orbit, while South Korea, the U.S, and Japan suspect it was a test of the reclusive communist nation’s most advanced missile.”