Russia Urges N. Korea to Cancel Explode Launch.

Russia is asking North Korea to not go ahead with any planned rocket launch afterwards this month. The statement was issued Monday by the Russian Foreign Ministry.

Russia joins a worldwide chorus expressing concern around the North's intentions. Pyongyang states that the rocket will take an earth observation satellite tv for pc into orbit, but the effort is widely suspected to become a cover for testing N . Korea's ballistic missile engineering.

China, the North's main friend and key benefactor also said Sunday it had been concerned at the release plans.

Japan has announced this postponement of two days to weeks of talks with North Korea that were scheduled to begin in Beijing Wednesday due to impending launch.

Japanese Defense Minister Satoshi Morimoto on Saturday ordered the military to create the necessary defensive preparations for any North Korean missile should it set off course and threaten Japanese people territory. North Korea made the same launch attempt in The spring that failed.

North Korea said Wednesday it plans to launch the rocket time between December 10 as well as 22.