North Korean Missile Could Be in Japanese Cross Hairs

The last time this happened, when North Korea said it was launching a satellite using a long-range missile, Japan said it had the right to shoot the thing down. Tokyo is again considering a similar warning, according to the Yomiuri Shimbun newspaper, citing unidentified government officials. Lee Jin-Man/Associated Press A South Korean veteran attended a rally in Seoul in protest of North Korea’s plan to launch a rocket carrying a satellite.North Korea announced last week that it would launch “a polar-orbiting earth observation satellite’’ to commemorate the centenary of the birth of Kim Il-sung, the country’s founding president. More

(Source: New York Times - Mar 20)