North Korea Threats Rise As Missile Is Prepared For Launch

Japan has deployed anti-missiles units to shoot down any incoming North Korean rocket. Photo AFP

From Yahoo News/AP:

SEOUL, South Korea – North Korea has begun fueling a long-range rocket for an impending launch, a news report said Thursday, as President Barack Obama warned the liftoff would be a "provocative act" that would generate a U.N. Security Council response.

North Korea says it will send a communications satellite into orbit on a multistage rocket sometime from Saturday to Wednesday. The U.S., South Korea and Japan think the reclusive country is using the launch to test long-range missile technology; they've warned the move would violate a Security Council resolution banning the North from ballistic activity.

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More News On North Korea's Missile Test

N. Korea Ratchets Up Threats as it Readies Missile for Launch -- Washington Post
N. Korea Is Said to Be Fueling Rocket -- New York Times
North Korea 'begins fuelling rocket for launch' -- The Guardian
N. Korea deploys jets to protect rocket -- UPI
N. Korea warns Japan against targeting rocket -- CNN
N.Korea vows to attack Japan if rocket intercepted -- AFP
N Korea warned over rocket launch -- BBC
U.S. Sees North Korea Going Ahead With Missile Launch -- Bloomberg
North Korea Wields Power of Uncertainty -- Wall Street Journal