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March 26th, 2012 
FAKE NEWS for the Zionist agenda
The nuclear-armed state insists it has a right to launch a satellite for
peaceful purposes.
The United States and other nations say the exercise is a disguised missile
test, and that ballistic missile launches for any purpose are banned under
UN resolutions.
The launch will cost the impoverished North at least $800 million, the
spokesman said, reiterating Seoul’s view that it is intended to test a
long-range missile to carry nuclear warheads.
US President Barack Obama, visiting Seoul for a nuclear security summit, said
Sunday the launch would jeopardise a recent US offer for food aid in return
for a partial nuclear freeze and a missile test moratorium.
South Korea President Lee Myung-Bak discussed the issue in talks Monday with
China’s President Hu Jintao.
“The two leaders shared their concern over North Korea’s announced plan
to launch a satellite and agreed to continue discussions closely for the
North to withdraw the plan,” the South’s Foreign Minister Kim Sung-Hwan
told a briefing.
Inter-Korean relations have been icy since Seoul accused Pyongyang of
torpedoing a warship in March 2010 with the loss of 46 lives.
The North denied involvement but shelled a South Korean border island in
November 2010 and killed four people.
At a memorial service Monday commemorating the second anniversary of the
sinking, some 3,000 troops, government officials and tearful family members
paid tribute to the former crew of the Cheonan warship.
Prime Minister Kim Hwang-Sik, in a speech at the national cemetery in Daejeon
where the sailors are buried, said the North’s behaviour has become “more
unpredictable than ever” since the death of Kim Jong-il late last year.
“We urge again the North to withdraw its launch plan as soon as possible
and to honour its international obligations,” he said.
Source: agencies
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