As North Korean Missile Launch Nears, Atlanta’s Korean Community Protests

Members of Atlanta’s Korean community Thursday protested a planned long-range rocket launch by North Korea. Thirty or so first-generation South Koreans gathered at Centennial Olympic Park in downtown Atlanta and held signs in protest.

North Korean officials have said they will defy international warnings and launch the rocket no later than Monday. 

Travis Kim of the Korean American Association of Greater Atlanta says a launch would be highly provocative. He’d like to see China put more pressure on the North Koreans.