1. North Korea Plans to Launch Rocket Jaekyung Song 3/30/09 9G

2. Who North Korea South Korea Japan United States Russia

3. When March 26 th, 2009: Missiles are getting ready to launch April 4~8 th, 2009: Day of missile launching

4. Where The missile will be launched in North Korea The missile can go 4000 miles and can barely reach Alaska

5. What North Korea placed a long range missile capable of hitting Alaska on a missile launch pad When preparations are complete, it will take three days to launch, which is needed for fueling the missile South Korea, Japan, and the US are all alarmed since ballistic activities is a violation of United Nation Security Council resolution Since the missile will probably cross Japan, Japanese officials warn that launching over their territory will result of shooting down of the missiles

6. North Korea says they will declare war on Japan if they do North Korea is saying the the missile launch is actually a launch of a satellite, but no one believes it US sends 2 anti-missile warships North Korea says that UN’s attempt to punish them will result in ending of disarmament negotiations Even Russia joins into tell NK to stop the launching

7. Why If they do launch it, then Japan and North Korea may go into war Since we are in war with North Korea already, we may make an alliance with Japan

8. How Possibly interwar period, since the launching of the missile could cause the other nations to act US, Russia, and Japan seek the same goal, so it is like collective security It made me feel suspicious, because why would North Korea be so defensive about UN’s attempts?

9. Bibliography "US deploys Warships as North Korea Prepares to Launch Rocket." Youtube. 31 Mar. 2009. SANG-HUN, CHOE. "North Korea Moves Missile to Launch Pad - NYTimes.com." The New York Times - Breaking News, World News & Multimedia. 30 Mar. 2009.