N Korea says rocket fuelling under way

North Korea said on Wednesday that the fuelling of a long-range rocket is under way, ahead of the launch scheduled for later this week despite international protests.

North Korea said on Wednesday that the fuelling of a long-range rocket is under way, ahead of the launch scheduled for later this week despite international protests.

"We are injecting fuel as we speak. It has started," Paek Chang-Ho, director of the satellite control centre on the outskirts of the capital Pyongyang, told visiting foreign journalists.

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