朝鮮宣佈爲即將升空的火箭注入燃料

North Korean officials said Wednesday they have begun injecting fuel into a rocket for an imminent space launch, raising the stakes in an escalating standoff with its regional neighbors and the United States. Paek Chang Ho, chief of North Korea's launch command center, announced the action to a visiting group of international reporters, saying fuel was being loaded into the rocket as he spoke. The journalists, who visited the launch site Sunday, were able to view the activity by video, which was fed live to the remote command center Wednesday.

Paek also said a weather satellite has been installed on the rocket, which is set for launch sometime between Thursday and Monday, depending on weather conditions. The video showed a tarpaulin draped over the top of the rocket, making that claim impossible to confirm. The scheduled launch has angered many of North Korea's neighbors, which see the action as ploy to test a ballistic missile that could later be fitted with a nuclear warhead.朝鮮官員星期三說，他們已經開始爲即將進行的太空發射向一枚火箭注入燃料，此舉讓朝鮮與地區鄰國以及美國不斷升級的對峙變得更加緊張。朝鮮發射指揮中心負責人白昌浩向一羣到訪的外國記者宣佈了這一行動。他說，燃料此刻正在被送入火箭。外國記者星期天訪問了發射基地。記者們星期三能夠通過現場轉播到地處偏僻的指揮中心的視頻觀看這一活動。

白昌浩還說，火箭上已經裝載了一顆氣象衛星；取決於天氣情況，火箭將在星期四和下星期一之間的某個時間發射。視頻顯示，火箭頂上覆蓋了一層油布，這讓有關火箭裝載氣象衛星的說法無法得到證實。朝鮮的衛星發射計劃激怒了許多鄰國，許多國家認爲朝鮮是以發射火箭爲幌子，試驗可運載核彈頭的彈道導彈。