North Korea Rocket Launch

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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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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South Korea: North Korea Prepping Nuclear Test

AP | HYUNG-JIN KIM | Posted 04.10.2012

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By HYUNG-JIN KIM, Associated Press SEOUL, South Korea — Recent satellite images show North Korea is digging a new tunnel in what appears to be pr...

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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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LOOK: Satellite Images Show North Korea Rocket Launch Site

AP | FOSTER KLUG | Posted 04.02.2012

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By FOSTER KLUG, Associated Press SEOUL, South Korea -- New satellite images of a North Korean rocket launch site show a mobile radar trailer and ro...

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Obama: North Korean 'Bad Behavior WIll Not Be Rewarded'

AP | HYUNG-JIN KIM | Posted 05.25.2012

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SEOUL, South Korea — Seoul warned Monday that it might shoot down a North Korean rocket if it passes over South Korean territory, as worries abo...

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South Korea: Launch Would Be Grave Provocation

Reuters | Posted 05.15.2012

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SEOUL, March 16 (Reuters) - South Korea said on Friday the launch of a satellite by North Korea in April would be a violation of a U.N. Security Cou...

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North Korea UN Draft Agreement Reached By Six Powers

Reuters | Posted 05.25.2011

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The five permanent members of the U.N. Security Council and Japan have reached an agreement on a draft statement about North Korea's long-range rocket...

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North Korea: Thousands Gather To Celebrate Rocket Launch

AP | JEAN H. LEE | Posted 05.25.2011

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SEOUL, South Korea — North Korea's rubber-stamp parliament appointed Kim Jong Il to a third term Thursday as leader of one of the world's most r...

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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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North Korea's Satellite Launch

John Feffer | Posted 05.25.2011

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John Feffer

It doesn't take a rocket scientist to figure out why North Korea just launched another rocket. The country wants attention.

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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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North Korea Missile Launch Could Be Imminent: Report

Reuters | Jon Herskovitz and Kim Yeon-hee | Posted 05.25.2011

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North Korea has removed the cover from the top of a long-range rocket and started a radar needed to track its flight, South Korea's Yonhap news agency...

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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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North Korea Begins Fueling Rocket For Impending Launch

AP | PAUL ALEXANDER | Posted 05.25.2011

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SEOUL, South Korea — World leaders sought a unified response Thursday to North Korea's latest provocation as the communist regime made final pre...

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