South Korean rocket launch delayed – official
South Korean space officials halted the countdown on a crucial rocket launch Thursday, aimed at placing a satellite in orbit and announcing the country’s entry into an elite global space club.
South Korean space officials halted the countdown on a crucial rocket launch Thursday, aimed at placing a satellite in orbit and announcing the country’s entry into an elite global space club.
South Korea plans to make its third attempt to join the exclusive club of countries capable of placing a satellite in space on Friday with a rocket launch from the Naro Space Center on the south coast.
The militant fisherman’s alliance Pambansang Lakas ng Kilusang Mamamalakaya ng Pilipinas (Pamalakaya) on Saturday assailed the recommendation of the National Disaster Risk Reduction Management Council (NDRRMC) to impose a fishing ban on a “600-kilometers-by-400-kilometers exclusion zone” on Oct. 26 when South Korea launches a rocket to send a satellite into space.
Disaster authorities here lifted on Friday the alert status from high to normal in the provinces of Camarines Norte and Catanduanes after receiving an order from the National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council to lift the emergency warning, the Office of Civil Defense in Bicol said.
The Philippines condemned North Korea’s launch of a long-range rocket that disintegrated soon after blastoff as it urged Pyongyang to “desist from acts of provocation.”
“The worst is over,” declared the chief of the National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council as it lifted the no-fly and no-sail zones in Northern Luzon following news of North Korea’s botched rocket launch early Friday.
A spokeswoman for President Benigno Aquino called on North Korea on Friday to be a “better neighbor” in the wake of the failed rocket launch by the Pyongyang government.
North Korea admitted Friday its long-range rocket launch had failed, disintegrating mid-air and plunging into the sea soon after liftoff in a major embarrassment for the reclusive state.
The National Disaster and Risk Reduction Management Council (NDRRMC) lifted the “no sail, no fly zone”for the 590 square kilometer area east of Luzon following the failed rocket launch of North Korea Friday.
The “no fly, no sail, and no fishing zone” is back over Luzon Friday as North Korea was reported to have launched its rocket.
Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda said Thursday that the country was on full alert over North Korea’s planned rocket launch, expected at any time over the coming days.
Fighter jets roared through the skies over downtown Pyongyang on Thursday as the world watched to see whether North Korea would defy international warnings and launch a long-range rocket over the Yellow Sea.
