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ลำดับตอนที่ #26 : North Korea fires long-range rocket despite warnings
North Korea fires long-range rocket despite warnings
The country had notified UN agencies in advance that it intended to put an earth
observation satellite into orbit.
It appears that the rocket was fired from a missile base in the
north-west of the country and passed over Japan's southern Okinawa islands.
The launch
was condemned by
Japan and the US, amid fears the North is developing nuclear weapons capable of
reaching the US mainland.
The US, Japan and South Korea have requested an emergency
meeting of the UN Security Council later on Sunday.
South
Korean analysts had speculated
that the North might do the launch ahead of 16 February, the birthday of the
late North Korean dictator Kim Jong Il.
North Korea has already provoked international criticism this year with a
fourth nuclear bomb test on 6 January.
The North insists its space programme is purely scientific in
nature, but the US, South Korea and even ally China say the rocket launches are
aimed at developing an inter-continental
ballistic missile capable of striking the US.
'Serious threats'
Japanese
Prime Minister Shinzo Abe called the launch "absolutely
unacceptable," saying it was a "clear violation" of UN Security
Council resolutions.
UN Security Council resolutions ban the state from carrying out any nuclear
or ballistic
missile tests.
US National Security Adviser Susan Rice said North Korea's use of ballistic missile technology was "yet another destabilizing and provocative action".
"North Korea's missile and nuclear weapons programs
represent serious threats to our interests - including the security of some of
our closest allies," she said in a statement.
Contenders for the Republican ticket in the US presidential
election this year were asked for their reaction during a debate in New
Hampshire.
Donald Trump said he would work with China to resolve the North
Korea nuclear issue: "I would get on with China. Let China solve that
problem. They can do it quickly and surgically. That's what we should do with North Korea."
For his part, Chris Christie said of the North Korean
government: "All these people understand is toughness and strength."
in advance
before a particular time, or before doing a
particular thing:
orbit.(n.)
the curved path through which objects in space movearound
a planet or star:
the launch.
an occasion when
a ship is put into water,
or a spacecraft is
sent into space,
for the first time:’
condemned
(PERSON)
A condemned person is someone who is going to be killed, especially as a punishment for having committed a very serious crime, such as murder.
(BUILDING)
A
condemned building that has been officially judged not safe for people to live in or to use, or food that has been officially judged not safe to eat.
carry sth
out
to do or complete something,
especially that
you have said you would do or that you have been told to do:
carry out something
to perform or complete a job or
activity; to fulfill:
ballistic missile
a missile (= flying weapon) that has power in order to direct it on its flight,
but that continues and
falls towards its targetwithout
power
destabiliaze
(v.)
to make a government,
area, or political group lose power or control,
or to make a political or economic situation less strong or safe, by causing changes and problems:
speculated (v.)
to guess possible answers to a question when
you do not have enough information to
be certain:
provoked (v.)
to cause a reaction, especially a
negative one:
intercontinental
(adj.)
between continents:
continent
(n.)
B1 one
of the seven large land masses on
the earth's surface, surrounded, or mainly surrounded, by sea and
usually consisting of various countries:
Surgically (adv.)
using surgical procedures to treat an injury or condition:
surgical (adj.)
used for medical operations:
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