{"id":187772,"date":"2016-02-07T15:19:39","date_gmt":"2016-02-07T15:19:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/?p=187772"},"modified":"2016-02-07T15:19:39","modified_gmt":"2016-02-07T15:19:39","slug":"un-security-council-to-meet","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/?p=187772","title":{"rendered":"UN Security Council to meet over North Korea rocket launch"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"story-body__introduction\" style=\"text-align: justify;\">The UN Security Council is to hold an emergency meeting later following North Korea&#8217;s launch of a long-range rocket.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The meeting was requested by South Korea, Japan and the US to agree on a collective response to the launch.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">[contextly_sidebar id=&#8221;TwnhY84HLuStmtRgfRoNzQNh33v53xBP&#8221;]Pyongyang said it fired the rocket to place a satellite in orbit, but critics believe the real purpose was to test a ballistic missile.<br \/>\nSunday&#8217;s launch comes weeks after North Korea held a fourth nuclear test &#8211; both acts violate UN resolutions.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The launch of the rocket was hailed by North Korean media as a &#8220;fascinating vapour&#8230; trailing in the clear and blue sky in spring of February on the threshold of the Day of the Shining Star&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter  wp-image-187725\" src=\"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/Part-HKG-Hkg10253119-1-1-0.jpg\" alt=\"Part-HKG-Hkg10253119-1-1-0\" width=\"601\" height=\"410\" \/>A statement said a new Earth observation satellite, Kwangmyongsong-4, had successfully been put into orbit less than 10 minutes after lift-off from the Sohae space centre in North Phyongan province.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Hailing it as part of the country&#8217;s peaceful space programme, a state TV newsreader said the launch had been ordered by North Korea&#8217;s leader Kim Jon-un and more satellite launches were planned for the future.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">South Korean MPs were told in a closed-door briefing by the country&#8217;s spy agency later on Sunday that the launch should be treated as a ballistic missile test as the satellite it put into orbit would be useless.<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-187633\" src=\"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/88134126_88134125.jpg\" alt=\"_88134126_88134125\" width=\"660\" height=\"371\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The payload was presumed to weigh 200kg (440lbs), double the size of the one launched in 2012, but much lighter than the 800-1,500kg usual for a satellite.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">They were also reportedly told that North Korea has the technology for intercontinental ballistic missiles and is preparing a fifth nuclear test, South Korean news agency Yonhap reported.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">&#8211;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Source: BBC<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"story-body__crosshead\"><\/h2>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The UN Security Council is to hold an emergency meeting later following North Korea&#8217;s launch of a long-range rocket. 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