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Pyongyang will carry on its space programme despite international warnings

Pyongyang, North Korea - "North Korea could afford to feed its population for a year with that money"

Despite controls and warnings from United States, China, Russia, South Korea and Japan, the launch of the "Unha-3" rocket will proceed as planned and Pyongyang announced that it was fuelling the three-stage rocket since yesterday Wednesday April 11. "We don't really care about the opinions from the outside. This is critical in order to develop our national economy" Paek Chang Ho, chief of the satellite...

AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency - 1139549
Rome, Italy, 04/12/2012 13:55
AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency

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