North Korea Founder’s 100th Birth Celebration
with The Blast-off April 12 and 16, 2012
A Long Range Rocket Test

February 16th, 2012
DOD: North Korea Rocket Launch Would Destabilize Region
According to Cheryl Pellerin, American Forces Press Service

WASHINGTON, March 16, 2012 – The April launch of a long-range rocket announced by North Korea today would violate U.N. resolutions and represent a destabilizing influence in the region, Pentagon spokesman Navy Capt. John Kirby said here today.

The rocket would carry a North Korean-made Kwangmyongsong-3 polar-orbiting earth observation satellite to mark the 100th birthday of late-President Kim Il Sung, a spokesman for the Korean Committee for Space Technology said in a statement.

The late president’s birthday is April 15.

“If, in fact, they do what they are claiming they will do, it is a very clear violation of two United Nations Security Council resolutions and is in violation of their obligations to the international community,” Kirby said.

“We would consider it destabilizing behavior,” he added, “and we urge the [North] Korean leadership to reconsider this decision and to conform to their obligations under those sanctions.”

At the State Department today, spokeswoman Victoria Nuland said U.N. Security Council Resolutions Nos. 1718 and 1874 “clearly and unequivocally prohibit North Korea from conducting launches that use ballistic-missile technology.”

She added, “Such a missile launch would pose a threat to regional security and would also be inconsistent with North Korea’s recent undertaking to refrain from long-range missile launches.”

State Department officials are consulting closely with international partners on next steps, Nuland said.

The satellite will be launched southward from the Sohae satellite launch station in Cholsan County, North Phyongan Province, between April 12 and 16 on a long-range Unha-3 rocket, North Korean officials said in the statement.

“A safe flight orbit has been chosen so that carrier rocket debris to be generated during the flight would not have any impact on neighboring countries,” they said.

North Korean officials said they will “strictly abide by relevant international regulations and usage concerning the launch of scientific and technological satellites for peaceful purposes.”

At the Pentagon, Kirby said, “We continue to operate every day with our South Korean counterparts and we hold firmly to our alliance obligations and to security on the Korean peninsula. That’s not going to change.”

The Defense Department, he added, is “very comfortable with the full range of military capabilities we have at our disposal in the Asia Pacific region and in and around the Korean peninsula.

“We’re very comfortable with the alliance and the capabilities of our Korean counterparts in that alliance,” he added, “as well as our other allies and partners in the area.”

February 19th, 2012 South Korea says North wants rocket for nuclear weapon

SEOUL (Reuters) - South Korea on Monday condemned rival North Korea's planned rocket launch as a "grave provocation", saying it was a disguised attempt to develop a long-range ballistic missile capable of delivering nuclear weapons.

Seoul also extended a security alert in the capital, and said it was concerned the North might follow the ballistic missile launch with another nuclear test.

The North announced on Friday it would put a satellite into orbit next month barely two weeks after reaching an agreement with Washington to suspend long-range missile launches as part of a deal to restart food aid.

"Our government defines North Korea's so-called working satellite launch plan as a grave provocation to develop a long-distance delivery means for nuclear weapons by using ballistic missile technology," presidential spokesman Park Jung-ha said in a statement.

Washington says the North's long-range ballistic missile program is progressing quickly, and last year said the American mainland could come under threat within five years.

The secretive North has twice tested a nuclear device, but experts doubt whether it yet has the ability to miniaturize an atomic bomb to place atop a warhead.

Pyongyang is believed to have enough fissile material to make up to a dozen nuclear bombs, and in 2010 unveiled a uranium enrichment facility to go with its plutonium program which opened a second route to making an atomic weapon.

On Monday, President Lee Myung-bak met the foreign and security-related ministers to discuss the North's surprise announcement, which also flies in the face of a U.N. Security Council resolution banning long-range missile launches.

Park said in a statement that Seoul would work closely with the United States, Japan, China and Russia - all members of the six-party forum which deals with the North's nuclear program - during next week's Nuclear Security Summit in Seoul.

North Korea's weapons of mass destruction program is not on the agenda for the summit, but will be one of the major talking points on the sidelines of the meeting involving some 50 world leaders including Barack Obama and Hu Jintao.

SEOUL DEFENCE ALERT

The South's defense ministry said it had established a team to monitor the rocket launch and would maintain a heightened defense alert for the Security Summit in Seoul through to the rocket launch, scheduled for between April 12 and 16.

Ministry spokesman Yoon Won-shik told reporters that Seoul and Washington would use "surveillance assets" to watch the missile base in Tongchang-ri and follow the flight path after it is launched.

The North says the flight will not impact neighbors.

Yoon said authorities were also on alert in case the North follows up the rocket launch with a nuclear test, as it did in 2009.

Ties between the two Koreas, which are still technically at war, having only signed an armistice to end the 1950-53 Korean War, have hit their lowest level for decades since conservative Lee Myung-bak won the presidency in 2008.

Political analysts say the launch is aimed at boosting the legitimacy of the North's young new ruler, Kim Jong-un, who inherited power after his father's death in December.

The North on Sunday defended the launch, saying, "The peaceful development and use of space is a universally recognized legitimate right of a sovereign state."

Pyongyang says it is using the rocket to launch a satellite to mark the 100th anniversary of the birth of Kim Il-sung, the country's founding ruler and grandfather of the current ruler.

INTERNATIONAL CONCERN

The launch threatens to derail a food aid deal the North struck with Washington last month. Then, Pyongyang agreed to suspend nuclear tests, missile launches and uranium enrichment and to allow nuclear inspectors into the country.

More troubling, perhaps, for Pyongyang, which is long accustomed to trading invective with Washington, China has called the planned launch a "worry" in a rare attempt to put public pressure on its impoverished ally.

Japan would do its best to prevent any damage from a launch, the country's defense minister said.

"Depending on the situation, we would consider deploying PAC3 missile interceptors and Aegis ships," Naoki Tanaka told lawmakers in the upper house of parliament, according to broadcaster NHK.

"Considering what happened in 2009, we are prepared to do our utmost to prevent any damage to Okinawa and the rest of the country," he said, in reply to a query from an Okinawa lawmaker.

In April 2009, North Korea conducted a ballistic rocket launch that resulted in a new round of U.N. sanctions, squeezing the secretive state's already troubled economy and deepening its isolation.

That launch was dismissed as a failure after the first stage fell into the Sea of Japan without placing a satellite in orbit. Another test failed in similar circumstances in 1998.

(Additional reporting by Jack Kim in Seoul and Stanley White in Tokyo; Editing by Clarence Fernandez)

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North Korea says it will launch a long-range rocket to put a satellite into orbit, as a tribute to its founding president Kim il-sung. But this has stirred alarm in the region, and the US calls the move highly provocative”.

North Korea News Report says that “The DPRK will launch a working satellite, made in North Korea, to mark the 100^th birth anniversary of President Kim il-sung. Aimed southwards, this long-range rocket is expected to lift off between 12 and 16 April, as a tribute to the country’s founder. But South Korea and Japan quickly condemned the North’s plan as a threat to regional security.

Under a United Nations resolution, any rocket launch using technology related to ballistic missiles is forbidden. Looking back to 2009, Musudan Ri, North Korea (Rocket Launch) was launched in April 5, 2009 this was a Panchromatic, 50 centimeter (1.6 foot) high-resolution formerly known as Taepo-dong. UN General Ban Ki Moon referred Resolution 1718 and condenmed such provocative action from North Korea.

The world and the Critics want to closely monitoring this situation and strongly calling on North Korea to refrain from this a long range rocket launch for North Korea Founder’s 100th Birth Celebration with The Blast-off April 12 and 16, 2012 which Critics says it is the may be the North Korea Test Again.

Looking back: North Korea had earthquake 4.3 after test was given in 2006.

Looking back 2009

In June 2009, The United Nations Security Council sent a clear and united message today when they voted unanimously to tighten sanctions on North Korea following the nation’s recent nuclear test and missile firings. The detonation on May 25 of the suspected nuclear device violated the 1953 armistice. U.N. Resolution 1874 includes a number of measures aimed at stopping North Korea’s nuclear proliferation, including tougher inspections of cargo, an expanded arms embargo, and new financial restrictions on North Korea, curbing loans and money transfers that serve as funding for their nuclear program.

President Obama emphasized that to prevent rules that binding and violation should purnish requested for strong international response that North Korea must know. All nation must come together stronger, for global regime, and must stand shoulder to shoulder together.

You can see the recent test from north Korea back in August, 2011.

Now it is planning to launching again for a Long Range Rocket again, scheduled to be April 12, April 16 for celebrating the North Korea Founders 100th Birthday. But the world is fear that environmental issues and eco system and climate change and etc., in a small land North Korea than one of the states from United States. Many are saying that North Korea should think GREEN. Many are saying where is nuclear and Missiles money,in addition, where is the launch of scientific and technological satellite money comes from if they need food and aids for North Korea? CNN February 29th, 2012 report shows that Secretary Hlary Clinton stating that North Korea To Stop Nuclear Testing In Exchange For Food. DOD also reported that it is consider that is destabilizing behavior and urge the [North] Korean leadership to reconsider this decision and to conform to their obligations under those sanctions.

Sources: Yahoo, CNN, UN, DOD, Wikipedia, Global security, and Youtube catch4all.com, Sandra Englund, March 19th, 2012

SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — A senior U.S. diplomat says Washington is committed to strong ties with Seoul as the allies face a leadership transition in North Korea after Kim Jong Il's death.

Assistant Secretary of State Kurt Campbell made the comments Thursday after meetings with South Korean officials in Seoul.

Campbell says Washington is determined to be tightly aligned with Seoul as Kim Jong Il's son Kim Jong Un takes power in North Korea.

Campbell is the highest-level U.S. official to visit the region since Kim's death.

Also on Thursday, North Korea criticized South Korean President Lee Myung-bak for recently urging it to avoid provocation and stop nuclear activities.

The Committee for the Peaceful Reunification warned that Lee's government would face a "stern judgment."

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Also last December 8th, 2012, The US Special Representative for DPRK Policy, Glyn Davies, has met with senior South Korean government officials to discuss the two countries' joint approach to Pyongyang's nuclear program. The US envoy emphasized the importance of North-South dialogue, but little was mentioned of the likelihood of resuming the 6 party talks.

The US envoy to the DPRK and South Korea's nuclear envoy held a door-stepping after their 2-hour long meeting on December 8th, 2011. Glyn Davies highlighted that inter-Korea dialogue is an essential element in the US' policy towards Pyongyang."

Sources: Yahoo, AP, Wikipedia, and Youtube catch4all.com, Sandra Englund, January 5th, 2012

North Korean Supreme leader of Kim Jong il has died
on December 17, 2011 at 8:30 GMT
State Media Announced on Monday

According to Google News /AFP reported December 18th, 2011, North Korean Leader Kim Jong is dead at age of 69 which state media announced Monday that his death caused by a heart attack, plunging the impoverished nuclear-armed nation into uncertainty. However, wikipedia stated that the North Korean government announced his death on 19 December 2011.

The official Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) said the leader "passed away from a great mental and physical strain" at 8:30 am on Saturday (2330 GMT Friday), while on a train for one of his "field guidance" tours. CNN also reported that South Korean news agency Yonhap -- which based its reporting on its monitoring off North Korean state television -- said that Kim had died of "physical fatigue" during a train ride. North Korean TV did not provide a more specific cause of death.

The son of Kim Il Song, the founder of the communist nation, Kim Jong Il had been in power since 1994 when his father died of a heart attack at age 82.

The enigmatic leader was a frequent thorn in the side of neighboring South Korea, as well as the United States. There have been reports in recent years about his health, as well as that power will be transitioned to his son, Kim Jong Un.

North Korean news reports earlier this fall indicated that Kim Jong Il had been traveling around the country and visiting China, a big change from 2009 when he was thought to be ill with cancer.

Two senior U.S. military officials said then that they believed the pace of North Korea's planned regime change from Kim to his 20-something son appeared to have slowed.

The son, also known as Kim, started his career as a four-star general and in recent years was given more official duties by his father. Kim Jong-un was promoted to a senior position in the ruling Workers' Party and is heir apparent.

He was the Chairman of the National Defence Commission, General Secretary of the Workers' Party of Korea, the ruling party since 1948, and the Supreme Commander of the Korean People's Army, the fourth largest standing army in the world. In April 2009, North Korea's constitution was amended and now implicitly refers to him as the "Supreme Leader". He was also referred to as the "Dear Leader", "our Father", "the General" and "Generalissimo".

He has four known children:, Kim Sul-song (daughter born December 30, 1974), Kim Jong-nam (son, born May 10, 1971), Kim Jong-chul (son, born September 25, 1981), and Kim Jong-un (son born 1983 or early 1984).

North Korea's potential next leader made his debut at the largest military parade in the country's history, in front of reporters from 18 different countries. See more detail via youtube report by U.S. Jim Axelrod.

In 1994, North Korea and the United States signed an Agreed Framework which was designed to freeze and eventually dismantle the North's nuclear weapons program in exchange for aid in producing two power-generating nuclear reactors. In 2002, Kim Jong-il's government admitted to having produced nuclear weapons since the 1994 agreement. Kim's regime argued the secret production was necessary for security purposes — citing the presence of United States-owned nuclear weapons in South Korea and the new tensions with the US under President George W. Bush. On 9 October 2006, North Korea's Korean Central News Agency announced that it had successfully conducted an underground nuclear test.

President Obama emphasized that to prevent rules that binding and violation should purnish requested for strong international response that North Korea must know. All nation must come together stronger, for global regime, and must stand shoulder to shoulder together.

You can see the recent test from north Korea back in August, 2011.

A female newscaster, clad in a black funeral dress, also announced Kim's death on South Korea's state TV.

His youngest son, Kim Jong-un, is tipped as possible successor. He was elected general secretary of the Worker's Party of Korea in late September 2010. He headed the commission for his late father's funeral will take place on December 28, 2011.
The North Korean leader suffered a stroke in 2008 and spent several months out of public view. Associated Press said Kim suffered from heart problems and diabetes. According to AFP, the North Korean leader died on
December 17, at 8:30 GMT. Global security News shows that South Korea's Joint Chiefs of Staff (JCS) placed all military units on emergency alert following the news.

Yahoo AP describes that Kim Jong Un as a great successor of the North's guiding philosophy of self reliance and a distinguished leader of the military and people. North Koreans are told he graduated from Kim Il Sung Military University, speaks several foreign languages, including English, and is a whiz at computing and technology. However, his birth date, his marital status and even the name of his mother — said to be Kim Jong Il's late second wife, Ko Yong Hui — are all secrets. Media in South Korea speculated that the four-star general orchestrated a deadly artillery attack on a front-line South Korean island last year that led to fears of war. Because of his young age and inexperience, he might end up the figurehead for a government led by powerful, older relatives, Yoon said.

"Even though Kim Jong Un has been appointed as the successor, they may form a committee to rule the country at first," Yoon said. "His power succession is not completed yet. Another big question is whether Jong Un will be able to secure the lasting support of Kim Jong Il's younger sister and her powerful husband, Jang Song Thaek.

A technocrat educated in Russia during Soviet times, Jang was a rising star until he was summarily demoted in early 2004 in what analysts believe was a warning from Kim against gathering too much influence. But Kim put Jang back at his side in 2006 and relied heavily on him after reportedly suffering a stroke in 2008.

Yahoo AP from Baijing news also reported that John Delury, an assistant professor at Yonsei University's Graduate School of International Studies in South Korea, said Korean mourning traditions could require Kim Jong Un to play a more peripheral role for some time, making it difficult to tell whether he is being sidelined. "The question will be what's the role of the uncle, Jang Song Thaek, said Delury. There's been talk of some sort of regency, so it's very possible that a small, leading group will emerge with Kim Jong Un as the leading person but especially in the first couple years using the tradition of mourning to actually somewhat take a little bit of a back seat.
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