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TOKYO/SEOUL - North Korea has notified Japan it planned to launch a rocket carrying a satellite toward the Yellow Sea and east of Luzon Island between May 27 and June 4, the Japan Coast Guard said on Monday.The South Korean government said later that the North had issued a notice of a military reconnaissance satellite launch. If successful, it would be Pyongyang's second spy satellite in orbit.
The South Korean government said the North should call off the launch, noting that it would violate UN Security Council resolutions and pose a grave threat to regional security.Its military said separately that the "so-called military reconnaissance satellite launch" would be a provocative act."Our military will be taking measures that show our strong capabilities and will," Joint Chiefs of State spokesman Lee Sung-jun said at a news briefing, without elaborating.
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