February 4th, 2013 at 1:14 pm » Comments (0)

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January 14th, 2013 at 7:39 pm » Comments (2)

I wish the South Koreans good luck with their latest rocket launch: South Korea is expected to try again to launch its space rocket later this month after successfully conducting experiments to check if all systems are working properly, a government source said Sunday. The official said South Korean and Russian researchers are expected to discuss results of repairs made to the rocket late last year and touch on the present state of the Naro-1 rocket. He added Seoul successfully carried out combustion tests on the kick motor on the
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January 9th, 2013 at 1:07 pm » Comments (0)

A South Korean Navy vessel searches for the debris of North Korea’s long-range rocket, which was launched early last month, in seas off Changwon, 398 kilometers south of Seoul, on Jan. 6, 2013. (Yonhap)

December 18th, 2012 at 1:11 pm » Comments (1)

SEOUL, Dec. 18 (Yonhap) — A mystery man seen standing next to North Korean leader Kim Jong-un in recent commemoration ceremonies is likely to be the head of the country’s arms development center, a Seoul official said Tuesday.    Wild media speculation emerged over the identity of the middle-aged man after he was seen standing next to Kim during the country’s commemoration ceremonies for late leader Kim Jong-il on Sunday and Monday.    North Korean figures’ positions at official events are key signs indicating their ranks and levels of importance
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December 16th, 2012 at 1:19 pm » Comments (1)

A soldier stands by the debris of North Korea’s long-range rocket, launched two days earlier, at the Second Command Fleet in Pyeongtaek, west of Seoul, on Dec. 14, 2012. The Navy salvaged the 7.6-meter-long, 2.4-meter-diameter object, believed to be part of a fuel container from the first stage of the rocket, on the same day. The first stage of the North’s Unha-3 rocket fell into the sea off the Korean Peninsula, while the second landed east of the Philippines. (Yonhap)

December 15th, 2012 at 1:34 pm » Comments (2)

North Korean leader Kim Jong-un (C) smiles during a visit to its launch site in the northwestern part of the country. The (North) Korean Central News Agency released the image on Dec. 15, 2012 but did not elaborate on when it was taken. (Yonhap)

December 13th, 2012 at 6:53 pm » Comments (3)

Now that the North Korean rocket launch is over now everyone is speculating about its satellite: US and South Korean officials appear to disagree on one detail of the North Korean satellite that has nothing to do with any difference over what to do about it. No sooner had major American television networks spread the word from their official sources that the satellite was “out of control” than South Korea’s defense ministry came out with just the opposite view. Ministry spokesman Kim Min-seok, briefing South Korean reporters, told them that,
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December 13th, 2012 at 1:43 pm » Comments (2)

Members from South Korean conservative civic organizations criticize North Korea’s latest long-range rocket launch during a rally in downtown Seoul on Dec. 12, 2012. Earlier in the day, the communist country launched the Unha-3 rocket from the Sohae Space Center in Cholsan County, North Pyongan Province, asserting that it was not a missile test, but designed to put the Kwangmyongsong-3 satellite into orbit. The North announced soon after the launch that the rocket successfully put the satellite into orbit. (Yonhap)

December 11th, 2012 at 6:18 pm » Comments (61)

NOTE: Updates as they become available are being provided below. _________________________________________ KBS is reporting that North Korea has launched their long range rocket today: North Korea has launched a long-range rocket. A South Korean official says the North fired the Eunha-3 rocket from a launch site at Dongchang-ri, Cheolsan County, North Pyeongan Province at 9:51 a.m. Wednesday. The official said South Korean and American intelligence authorities are tracking the trajectory of the rocket and trying to confirm whether the launch is a success or a failure. North Korea claims the
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December 11th, 2012 at 4:56 pm » Comments (3)

KBS is reporting that the technical problem with North Korea’s rocket has forced them to dismantle it to make the repair: North Korea has dismantled a long-range rocket from its launch pad. A senior official in Seoul said on Tuesday that the government has detected signs that the North had removed the rocket from the launch pad in Dongchang-ri, North Pyongyan Province. The North announced on Monday that it will extend the 13-day launch window by one week until December 29th to fix a technical problem in the rocket’s first-stage
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