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North Korea Could Test Fire a Missile This Weekend (ABC News)

Many Believe That North Korea's Planned Launch Is a Cover to Test a Taepodong-2 Missile
By JOOHEE CHO
SEOUL, S. Korea, March 26, 2009

Tensions have escalated in Seoul and Tokyo after North Korea placed a rocket on a launch pad that they plan to test fire between April 4 and 8. But military experts in Seoul said that technically, the rocket could be launched as early as this weekend.

South Korea maintains that the rocket poses a "serious threat" to its national security and is a "provocative action," warning it would seek punishment through international sanctions at the United Nations Security Council.

Japan scrambled to prepare for possible damage from falling debris should the test launch fail. North Korea notified the International Maritime Organization March 12 that waters off northern Akita and Iwate prefectures would be a risk zone for falling fragments, according to the launch's projected trajectory.

The Disaster Management Office in Akita Prefectural Government told ABC News that "the last thing to do is to scare people" by closing offices and schools, but it is cautioning citizens to stay calm and wait for government instructions.