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North Korea 'fires missile into sea'
Kim Jong-Il is an unpredictable leader
North Korea has fired a missile into the Sea of Japan, between Japan and the Korean peninsula, reports say.
South Korea's military has gone on alert as a result of the incident, the AFP news agency said, citing military officials in Seoul.
News of the missile incident comes just before South Korea's new President, Roh Moo-hyun, is due formally to take office.
The JoongAng Ilbo, a South Korean newspaper, added that the missile, which it said was tested on Monday, was a land-to-ship variety.
However defence officials in Washington and Tokyo told the Reuters news agency that they had no information about such a launch.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/asia-pacific/2796067.stm
North Korea Launches Missile
By Sanghun Choe
Associated Press
Monday, February 24, 2003; 7:44 PM
SEOUL, South Korea -- North Korea fired an anti-ship missile that landed in the sea between the Korean Peninsula and Japan on Monday, a South Korean Defense Ministry official said.
The Seoul government was investigating whether Monday's launch was a test of a new missile or whether it was the firing of an old missile as part of the North Korean military's ongoing winter training, said the official, who asked to be identified only as Maj. Chun.
The firing comes as tensions with North Korea increasing since North Korea admitted to running a nuclear weapons program. Both the United States and Japan have urged North Korea not to conduct missile testing amid the international standoff.
The missile crashed into the Sea of Japan, known to Koreans as the East Sea, but it was not clear where in the 180-mile-wide body of water separating the two nations it landed.
The reported missile launch came on the eve of the inauguration of South Korea's new president, Roh Moo-hyun.
In August 1998, North Korea fired a multistage missile that flew over Japan and landed in the Pacific Ocean, proving that Pyongyang is capable of striking any part of Japanese territory.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A61716-2003Feb24.html
North Korea 'fires missile into sea'
Kim Jong-Il is an unpredictable leader
North Korea has fired a missile into the Sea of Japan, between Japan and the Korean peninsula, reports say.
South Korea's military has gone on alert as a result of the incident, the AFP news agency said, citing military officials in Seoul.
News of the missile incident comes just before South Korea's new President, Roh Moo-hyun, is due formally to take office.
The JoongAng Ilbo, a South Korean newspaper, added that the missile, which it said was tested on Monday, was a land-to-ship variety.
However defence officials in Washington and Tokyo told the Reuters news agency that they had no information about such a launch.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/asia-pacific/2796067.stm
North Korea Launches Missile
By Sanghun Choe
Associated Press
Monday, February 24, 2003; 7:44 PM
SEOUL, South Korea -- North Korea fired an anti-ship missile that landed in the sea between the Korean Peninsula and Japan on Monday, a South Korean Defense Ministry official said.
The Seoul government was investigating whether Monday's launch was a test of a new missile or whether it was the firing of an old missile as part of the North Korean military's ongoing winter training, said the official, who asked to be identified only as Maj. Chun.
The firing comes as tensions with North Korea increasing since North Korea admitted to running a nuclear weapons program. Both the United States and Japan have urged North Korea not to conduct missile testing amid the international standoff.
The missile crashed into the Sea of Japan, known to Koreans as the East Sea, but it was not clear where in the 180-mile-wide body of water separating the two nations it landed.
The reported missile launch came on the eve of the inauguration of South Korea's new president, Roh Moo-hyun.
In August 1998, North Korea fired a multistage missile that flew over Japan and landed in the Pacific Ocean, proving that Pyongyang is capable of striking any part of Japanese territory.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A61716-2003Feb24.html
