Apr. 12, 2012 – North Korea fired a long-range rocket Friday, South Korean and US officials said, defying international warnings against moving forward with a launch widely seen as a provocation. However, the launch may have failed, US officials said.
Flake said he believes North Korea's government—thrown into disarray by the recent death of its paramount leader, Kim Jong Il—suffered a major communications breakdown, with the Beijing team's agreement to forgo a
A North-Korean carrier rocket took off at 7:39 am local time on Wednesday. However, the launch has been confirmed to have failed.
By Eleanor Warnock The punchlines are coming fast and furious on Twitter in Japan over North Korea's failed rocket launch earlier today. While Tweeters are comparing the rocket's apparent bellyflop to the rickety contraptions featured in Japan's
Conservative candidates did surprisingly well in elections seen as a test of South Korea's policies. Economy and North Korea may be factors. By Donald Kirk, Correspondent / April 12, 2012 Park Geun-hye, head of the ruling Saenuri Party's interim