 3. Rocket explodes An Indian space rocket carrying an advanced communications satellite was destroyed by mission control on Saturday following a malfunction* after lift-off. Live television pictures showed the rocket exploding after taking off from the Sriharikota launch site, some 80 kilometers from the southern city of Chennai. 4. New ROK drills The announcement by the Republic of Korea (ROK) of naval drills, starting on Monday, has again escalated* tension on the Korean Peninsula. The ROK military plans to stage live-fire drills at 23 locations off its coast from Monday to Friday. The exercise will not be held near the tense maritime* border with the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea on the Yellow Sea. | 