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Pyongyang gave Washington hour’s notice; Obama plays golf
Earth Times ^ | May 25, 2009 Memorial Day | DPA
Posted on May 25, 2009 4:57:30 PM PDT by joinedafterattack
Washington - North Korea gave Washington about an hour’s notice before its early Monday morning test of a nuclear explosive device that was estimated to be “a few kilotons” in strength, a senior US government official said.
While a response of condemnation kept US President Barack Obama working well past midnight and into early Monday morning, just hours later he laid a memorial wreath at the Tomb of the Unknowns at the military’s burial grounds, Arlington National Cemetery, to commemorate Memorial Day, and then played more than four hours of golf.
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N.Korea Restricts Sailing off Northwest Coast (another likely missile launch)
Chosun Ilbo ^ | 05/26/09
Posted on May 25, 2009 8:53:51 PM PDT by TigerLikesRooster
N.Korea Restricts Sailing off Northwest Coast
North Korea has restricted passage of ships in the area off the coast of the West Korea Bay some 100 km northwest of Pyongyang. Japan’s Kyodo news agency quoted the Japanese Coast Guard as saying one of its patrol boats had intercepted a warning sent out by the North to one of its vessels. The timeframe is reportedly from Monday through Wednesday during 9 am and 5 pm.
The exact reason behind the warning has yet to be confirmed, but it could be a precursor to another missile launch. Just last week North Korea designated other coastal areas as no sail zones and this was followed by the test-launch of three short-range missiles Monday.
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