NKorea test-fires missile, slams Security Council

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Source: Associated Press

By SIYOUNG LEE – 50 minutes ago

YEONPYEONG, South Korea (AP) — North Korea defiantly test-fired another short-range missile Friday and warned it would act in "self-defense" if provoked by the U.N. Security Council, which is considering tough sanctions against the communist regime for conducting a nuclear test.

The North fired the missile from its Musudan-ni launch site on the east coast, a South Korean government official said. He spoke on condition of anonymity, citing the sensitivity of the matter. It is the sixth short-range missile North Korea has test-fired since Monday's nuclear test.

The official did not provide further details. But the Yonhap news agency cited an unidentified South Korean government official as saying the missile is a new type of ground-to-air missile estimated to have a range of up to 160 miles (260 kilometers).

With tensions high on the Korean peninsula, Chinese fishing boats left the region, possibly to avoid any maritime skirmishes between the two Koreas. But U.S. Secretary of Defense Robert Gates said the situation was not a crisis and no additional U.S. troops would be sent to the region.

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1. They're picking a bad time for this.

North Korea's sabre rattling won't be passed off or apologized by the South this time. They're plenty upset over the death of the previous president. Hell, they buried him just today.

I guess, from a US perspective, it would be like Bill Clinton committing suicide after the fundraiser scandal broke in '07.