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Tensions rise on DPRK's missile launch plan
(Agencies)
Updated: 2009-03-31 17:07

Tensions rise on DPRK's missile launch plan
South Korean soldiers disembark from US army's UH-60 helicopters during the US-South Korea joint military exercise in Mungyeong, about 215 km (133 miles) southeast of Seoul, March 31, 2009. The Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) plans to put a satellite into space but Washington and others say it will be a test of a long-range missile. [Agencies]