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inister Ben-Eliezer ‘concerned over absence of US response to N. Korea’
Published: 07.04.09, 13:29 / Israel News
Industry, Trade and Labor Minister Binyamin Ben-Eliezer on Saturday said he is “very concerned over the absence of an American response to North Korea’s provocation”.
North Korea has reportedly test-fired seven ballistic missiles of the “Skud type” since Saturday morning, which South Korean officials have said may be a message to the United States on Independence Day. (Roni Sofer)
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2009/07/04 19:09 KST
“(7th LD) N. Korea fires seven ballistic missiles in violation of U.N. resolutions”
SEOUL, July 4 (Yonhap) —
SNIPPET: “Citing satellite photos, U.S. military officials said the North has not mounted an ICBM on a launch pad or injected fuel yet, a process that takes at least a week.
A British diplomat in Pyongyang also said the North is unlikely to fire an ICBM anytime soon.
“We have seen no evidence as yet to state that there will be a launch in the next couple of days of an ICBM,” Peter Hughes, the British ambassador to North Korea, said in a news conference with reporters in London via video link from Pyongyang.
He pointed out, however, that “the thing about North Korea is its unpredictability. You cannot say it will never do something.”
Japan also condemned the North’s missile launch.
It is “a serious act of provocation against the security of neighboring countries, including Japan,” Japanese Chief Cabinet Secretary Takeo Kawamura said in a statement.”