S. Korea: North Missile Test Not Imminent

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S. Korea: North Missile Test Not Imminent

S. Korea: North Missile Test Not Imminent

Thursday June 22, 2006 1:46 PM

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By BURT HERMAN

Associated Press Writer

SEOUL, South Korea (AP) - South Korea's defense minister said Thursday that it
believes North Korea's missile launch is not imminent despite concern in the region
that the communist nation would test-fire a long-range missile.

"It is our judgment that a launch is not imminent," Defense Minister Yoon Kwang-ung
told a parliamentary meeting in comments confirmed by his ministry.

"There are various procedures before the launch, and based on those procedures,
that is how we see it," Yoon said, without elaborating.

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Full article: http://www.guardian.co.uk/worldlatest/story/0,,-5904133,00.html

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