Seoul, Rabi'II 26, 1433, Mar 19, 2012, SPA - South Korea on Monday condemned North Korea's planned rocket launch as a "grave provocation." North Korea announced on Friday it would put a satellite into orbit next month barely two weeks after reaching an agreement with Washington to suspend long-range missile launches as part of a deal to restart food aid, Reuters reported. "Our government defines North Korea's so-called working satellite launch plan as a grave provocation to develop a long-distance delivery means for nuclear weapons by using ballistic missile technology," presidential spokesman Park Jung-ha said in a statement. --SPA 14:08 LOCAL TIME 11:08 GMT www.spa.gov.sa/980962