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WASHINGTON DC, United States of America – North Korea has taken “additional steps” towards the launch of a long-range rocket despite international pressure against it, the Pentagon said Monday, April 9.
“We believe they’ve taken additional steps for a possible launch,” Pentagon spokesman George Little told reporters, adding that any such test “would be a violation of North Korea’s international obligations.”
Pyongyang says the rocket launch is to put into space a satellite to mark the 100th birth anniversary of secretive Stalinist state’s founder Kim Il-Sung.
In an unprecedented move, North Korea on Sunday invited foreign journalists to the rocket launch site to try to persuade the world of its peaceful intentions.
The United States says the satellite launch is a cover for testing a long-range ballistic missile in defiance of UN resolutions and a US-North Korean agreement.
In response to the planned launch, the United States last month dropped plans to provide 240,000 metric tons of food aid for North Korea.
South Korean officials believe that the launch is scheduled for sometime between April 12 and 16. – Agence France-Presse
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