North Korea Rocket

North Korea's Failure Is Not a Success, Ignore at Your Own Peril

Joshua W. Walker | Posted 04.23.2012

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Joshua W. Walker

Sitting at the center of what is currently the most economically and geo-strategically important region in the world, North Korea matters for everyone, and its failed rocket launch only increases the chance of danger ahead.

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North Korea's Failure: The Good and the Bad

Richard N. Haass | Posted 04.13.2012

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Richard N. Haass

North Korea remains a serious military threat. It still possesses as many as a dozen nuclear warheads, proven short-range missiles, and a formidable conventional fighting force. It is as much an army with a country as vice-versa.

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U.N. Security Council To Meet About NK Rocket

Reuters | Posted 04.13.2012

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UNITED NATIONS, April 12 (Reuters) - The U.N. Security Council will meet to discuss a possible response to North Korea's rocket launch on Friday, co...

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North Korea Launches Rocket

AP | JEAN H. LEE | Posted 04.13.2012

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PYONGYANG, North Korea — North Korea's much-anticipated rocket launch ended quickly in failure early Friday, splintering into pieces over the Ye...

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Journalists Get Behind North Korean Curtain

AP | TIM SULLIVAN | Posted 04.12.2012

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PYONGYANG, North Korea — The press bus took a wrong turn Thursday. And suddenly, everything changed in the official showcase of North Korean ach...

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Imminent Rocket Liftoff

AP | JEAN H. LEE | Posted 04.12.2012

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PYONGYANG, North Korea — Fighter jets roared through the skies over downtown Pyongyang on Thursday as the world watched to see whether North Kor...

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North Korean Officials Claim Satellite, Not Rocket, Ready For Launch

AP | JEAN H. LEE | Posted 04.11.2012

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PYONGYANG, North Korea — North Korean space officials say the rocket built to carry a satellite into space is ready for liftoff this week as the...

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Ready For Launch: North Korea Rocket Test Pad Set

AP | JEAN H. LEE | Posted 04.09.2012

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TONGCHANG-RI, North Korea -- North Korean space officials have moved all three stages of a long-range rocket into position for a controversial launch,...

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North Korea May Be Near To Rocket Launch

AP | FOSTER KLUG | Posted 04.06.2012

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SEOUL, South Korea -- North Korea may have moved the first stage of a rocket to a launch stand, indicating it is on schedule for a controversial mid-A...

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North Korean Rocket Launch Offers Valuable Peek Inside

AP | ERIC TALMADGE | Posted 04.05.2012

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TOKYO — As the U.S. and its allies decry North Korea's planned rocket launch, they're also rushing to capitalize on the rare opportunity it pres...

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Japan Prepares For North Korean Rocket Launch

AP | Posted 03.30.2012

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TOKYO -- Japan's defense minister Friday ordered missile units to intercept a long-range rocket expected to be launched by North Korea if the rocket o...

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North Korea To Launch Long-Range Rocket

Reuters | Posted 05.16.2012

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By Jack Kim and Jeremy Laurence SEOUL, March 16 (Reuters) - North Korea said on Friday it will launch a "working" satellite to mark th...

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North Korean Rocket Not A Total Failure: Analysts

AP | HYUNG-JIN KIM | Posted 05.25.2011

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SEOUL, South Korea — North Korea's new rocket launch gives the communist country another bargaining chip in negotiations over dismantling its nu...

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Obama Needs to be Nuanced in North Korea Response

Steve Clemons | Posted 05.25.2011

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Steve Clemons

In engineering one of the first global crises designed to test the new administration, North Korea seems to be demanding that it not fall too far down the Obama priority list.

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Clinton Works The Phones On North Korea

AP | Posted 05.25.2011

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WASHINGTON — Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton is working to build international consensus on condemning North Korea's missile launch. H...

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Obama Gets '3 a.m. Phone Call' On North Korea

CNN Political Ticker | Suzanne Malveaux | Posted 05.25.2011

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Visiting Prague, Czech Republic, U.S. President Barack Obama was awakened at 4:30 a.m. Sunday with the news that North Korea had launched a rocket, as...

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Gibbs: North Korea Rocket A "Pretty Big Coincidence"

The Huffington Post | Rachel Weiner | Posted 05.25.2011

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White House Press Secretary Robert Gibbs, asked by reporters if the administration thought North Korea's rocket launch was timed to President Obama's ...

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Analysts: Rocket gives NKorea new bargaining chip

AP | HYUNG-JIN KIM | Posted 05.25.2011

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SEOUL, South Korea — North Korea's new rocket launch gives the communist country another bargaining chip in negotiations over dismantling its nu...

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North Korea Presses Ahead With Final Preparations For Rocket Launch

AP | KWANG-TAE KIM | Posted 05.25.2011

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SEOUL, South Korea — North Korea said preparations to launch a satellite were complete Saturday and liftoff was imminent, as U.S., Japanese and ...

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