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NKorea honours 'successful' satellite launch with stamp
Seoul (AFP) Aug 5, 2009 North Korea has issued a stamp commemorating the "successful" launch of a communications satellite into space earlier this year, state media said Wednesday. The stamp marks the "successful launch of artificial satellite Kwangmyongsong No. 2" on April 5, the North's official Korean Central News Agency. The souvenier stamp carries the words "Launch of Artificial Satellite 'Kwangmyongsong No. 2' in the DPRK" in Korean and English with a picture showing the launch of a carrier rocket, KCNA said. However, Washington, Tokyo and Seoul said the launch was really a test of an intercontinental ballistic missile. US and South Korean officials reject the North's claim that the satellite was put into orbit. Share This Article With Planet Earth
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US and North Korea: half a century of hostilitySeoul (AFP) Aug 4, 2009 Former US president Bill Clinton arrived Tuesday in North Korea in an apparent attempt to secure the release of two jailed journalists - the highest-profile American visitor to the communist state since 2000. Here are key dates in the history of relations: 1945: Japan's colonial rule over Korea ends with its World War II surrender. Country is divided at the 38th parallel between the Nor ... read more |
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