North Korea is planning to lanch a long-range rocket that will carry a satellite. It is intended to be laungch between April 12 and April 16, marking the 100th anniversary of Kim II-sung's birth. The US believes that the launch would violate UN resolutions and be a missile test.
The White House says that President Hu stated that he is taking this issue very seriously and regesiterd concern with the governement in Pyongyang but the US national security officials believes differently because he has yet to see any change in policy. Obama criticized China for being to soft with North Korea. South Korea threatened to shoot down the rocket if it crossed into their territory.
Last month, Pyongyang agreed to suspend long-range missile tests and uranium enrichment and allow UN inspectors in if the US supplied 240,000 tonnes of food aid to North Korea. The has now been suspended. The UN national Security Council passed resolutions prohibiting North Korea from nuclear and ballistic missile activity. Pyongyand responded by walking out of nuclear disarmament talks and carrying out a nuclear test weeks later.
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