Ok, here's an article on the North Korea situation, that seems to be going from bad to worse.
Should we just stand by and see where they go with this? Or should we do somthing?
Here is the article.
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U.S., Japan urge N. Korea not to test-fire missile
CTV.ca News
Both Japan and the United States are warning North Korea against testing a new long-range missile capable of reaching North America.
"There is no good that can come from launching a North Korean missile. It will only isolate the North Koreans further from the rest of the international community," Thomas Schieffer, the U.S. ambassador to Japan, said Saturday.
Eight years ago, the rogue communist regime stunned the world when it fired a long-range missile over Japan and into the Pacific Ocean.
North Korea has observed a self-imposed moratorium on such tests since 1999, and its regional neighbors want that to continue.
The North Korean government has denied a test of the Taepodong-2 missile is imminent, but a South Korean newspaper reported Saturday that about 10 fuel tanks have been moved to the launch site. However, a South Korean foreign ministry spokesman couldn't confirm the report.
The Kyodo News agency of Japan reported Saturday that the North Koreans plan to describe the missile test as a satellite launch.
The North Koreans described the 1998 missile test as a satellite launch.
Political backdrop
North Korea is one of the world's two nuclear proliferation hotspots. The other is Iran.
There have been talks involving six nations -- North and South Korea, China, Russia, Japan and the United States -- but those have stalled by a North Korean boycott.
"We hope the North Koreans will not take this provocative action, we hope they will return to the six-party talks, those talks can still be productive," Schieffer said.
Most international attention in recent months have been on Iran's nuclear program, which Tehran insists is for peaceful purposes -- although the international community fears Iran intends to make nuclear weapons.
Some analysts say North Korea's actions may simply be posturing as international attention shifts to Iran.
For one thing, the U.S. has backed a proposal for Iran that would include light-water nuclear power -- something denied North Korea.
If North Korea goes ahead with the test, Schieffer would only say, "all options are on the table."
Taro Aso, Japan's foreign minister, described the situation as serious.
"How they respond is up to them," he said of the North Koreans.
With a report from CTV's Denelle Balfour and files from The Associated Press
Jonny
