MANILA, Philippines -- (UPDATE - 10:36 a.m.) Debris from a rocket launched by North Korea Wednesday fell off Northern Luzon, the National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council confirmed.
Parts of the rocket fell 300 kilometers east of Northern Luzon just 20 minutes after North Korea launched the rocket at 8:49 a.m. Manila time, NDRRMC chief Benito Ramos said.
The falling debris caused no casualties and the NDRRMC lifted a "no-fly, no-sail and no-fishing" zone it had declared earlier over the area where the debris was expected to fall, which stretched from Cagayan province to Polillo Island in Quezon province.
Ramos said there was no advisory from North Korea prior to the launch.
Critics of North Korea see the launch as a disguised ballistic missile test and the international community had threatened sanctions if it pushed through.
But Pyongyang insists the exercise is a scientific mission aimed at putting a satellite in orbit.
Ramos said the Philippines did not have the technology to track the trajectory of the rocket and had asked South Korea for guidance.
Philippines confirms N. Korea rocket debris falls off Northern Luzon - InterAksyon.com
Philippines confirms N. Korea rocket debris falls off Northern Luzon
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