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N. Korea Fires 2 Short- Range Missiles: Reports

Regime said to fire weapons off east coast

By the Associated Press

Posted Jul 2, 2009 4:58 AM CDT

(AP) – North Korea has test-fired two short-range missiles, according to South Korean media reports that could not be immediately verified. As the AP reports, North Korea issued a no-sail zone in waters off its east coast through July 10, viewed as a prelude to such missile tests. A South Korean news agency said that the missiles were fired off the coast but gave no further details.

Huge portraits of late North Korean President Kim Il Sung and his son Kim Jong Il are raised in Pyongyang, North Korea, Thursday, June 25, 2009.
Huge portraits of late North Korean President Kim Il Sung and his son Kim Jong Il are raised in Pyongyang, North Korea, Thursday, June 25, 2009.   (AP Photo/APTN)
In this photo taken on Monday, June 15, 2009, and released by Korean Central News Agency via Korea News Service in Tokyo,  North Korean military participants gather at a rally at the Kim Il Sung Square in Pyongyang, North Korea. Tens of thousands of North Koreans rallied in Pyongyang on...
In this photo taken on Monday, June 15, 2009, and released by Korean Central News Agency via Korea News Service in Tokyo, North Korean military participants gather at a rally at the Kim Il Sung Square...   (AP Photo/Korean Central News Agency via Korea News Service)
In this undated photo released by Korean Central News Agency via Korea News Service in Tokyo Wednesday, July 1, 2009, North Korean leader Kim Jong Il, center left, attends the Hamhung Semiconductor Materials Factory and the Hamhung Branch of the State Academy of Sciences in Hamhung, North Korea.
In this undated photo released by Korean Central News Agency via Korea News Service in Tokyo Wednesday, July 1, 2009, North Korean leader Kim Jong Il, center left, attends the Hamhung Semiconductor Materials...   (AP Photo/Korean Central News Agency via Korea News Service)
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Hip
Jul 4, 2009 3:14 AM CDT
They can fire short range missiles AND their soldiers can march in perfect formation??? I want to live in North Korea!

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