Seoul says N. Korean rocket launch "serious threat" to world peace

SEOUL, April 5 (Yonhap) -- South Korea's presidential office condemned North
Korea on Sunday for firing a long-range rocket, calling it a "serious threat" to
world peace.
"We cannot withhold our regrets and disappointment that North Korea has caused
such a serious threat to peace on the Korean Peninsula and in the world by firing
a long-range rocket when the entire world is joining efforts to overcome the
global economic crisis," Lee Dong-kwan, a spokesman for the presidential office
Cheong Wa Dae, said.
The spokesman confirmed the communist nation launched its rocket at 15 second
past 11:30 a.m.
bdk@yna.co.kr
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