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China-Japan-Koreas
Report: N. Korea Launch Preparations Seen
2004-09-23
Japanese intelligence services indicate North Korea may be preparing to test launch a short-range missile, a Japanese newspaper reported Thursday.
We've seen this before, citizens.
Information from spy satellites and radio waves has shown North Korea beefing up troops and equipment around missile launch bases, the daily Yomiuri Shimbun reported, citing unidentified government sources. In Seoul, Rhee Bong-jo, the deputy unification minister, said South Korea recently detected activity ``connected to North Korean missiles.'' South Korea believes ``there is a high possibility that these were part of the annual, routine activities of North Korean missile units,'' Rhee said Thursday. ``But since we cannot rule out a possibility of a missile launch, we are continuously monitoring and trying to confirm the situation.''
Posted by:Steve White

#9  i knew a whee bong joe once
Posted by: half   2004-09-23 3:26:45 PM  

#8  No X, more like the ministry of Puffy hair.....
Posted by: CrazyFool   2004-09-23 2:05:40 PM  

#7  Rhee Bong-jo, the deputy unification minister ...

They have a Ministry of Unification? Is that anything like the Ministry of Silly Walks?
Posted by: Xbalanke   2004-09-23 1:43:34 PM  

#6  good time to test drive that sea-based anti-missile system, no?
Posted by: Frank G   2004-09-23 9:54:18 AM  

#5  Well sure, KF, so would I, but then we're Americans. There are plenty of tough SKors out there -- check out their Marines.

SK and Japan are playing the waiting game just like we are, only a little differently. No sane person wants a war on the Korean peninsula.
Posted by: Steve White   2004-09-23 9:22:29 AM  

#4  how bout this idea. With all the troop and equipment buildup around the missile sites it sure would be a good time for a few precision bombs too get shoved down their throats.
Posted by: smokeysinse   2004-09-23 9:21:58 AM  

#3  Speak for yourself Capt America...I'd be stocking up on ammo and provisions instead of bowing down to the NOKOs.
Posted by: Kentucky Beef   2004-09-23 5:51:22 AM  

#2  I hardly blame SoKo and Japan to react as they do, given their proximity to the NoKo mad man.
Posted by: Capt America   2004-09-23 2:48:09 AM  

#1  Japan and South Korea are both acting like "Chicken Littles" these days! Sqawking like geese and doing absolutely nothing. I'm convinced South Korea would rather "go red than dead". And the Japanese would protest our nuclear presents in their Island.
Posted by: smn   2004-09-23 2:17:16 AM  

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