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South Koreans remain calm over missile launch
South Koreans remained mostly calm after North Korea’s highly-anticipated missile launch in the morning, going about their planned schedule for the Lunar New Year celebration.A brief air alert was issued for the northernmost islands of Baekryeongdo and Daecheongdo immediately after the launch at 9:33 a.m. but was lifted after about nine minutes.The city has kept open the doors into the evacuation shelter for cases of emergency.“No damage has been reported as of yet in relation to North Korea’s m
Feb. 7, 2016
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China expresses regret over North Korea rocket launch
China on Sunday "expressed regret" over North Korea's launch of a long-range rocket, after Pyongyang said it successfully put a satellite into orbit."With regards to the DPRK's insistence on implementing a launch of missile technology in the face of international opposition, China expresses regret," foreign ministry spokeswoman Hua Chunying was quoted as saying on the ministry's website.(AFP)
Feb. 7, 2016
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UN chief urges North Korea to 'halt its provocative actions'
U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon called North Korea's long-range rocket launch "deeply deplorable" and urged the communist nation to halt its provocative actions."It is deeply deplorable that the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) has conducted a launch using ballistic missile technology in violation of relevant Security Council resolutions on 6 Feb. 2016 despite the united plea of the international community against such an act," Ban's office said in a statement."The secretary-gener
Feb. 7, 2016
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UN Security Council to hold emergency talks on North Korea
The United Nations Security Council will hold an emergency meeting Sunday in New York over North Korea's launch of a long-range rocket, diplomats said.The closed-door talks were requested by South Korea as well as council members Japan and the United States, which have both denounced the launch as a violation of UN Security Council resolutions.They will begin at 11:00 am (1600 GMT).Tokyo and Washington called the consultations over the launch of a "so-called 'satellite' by North Korea in violati
Feb. 7, 2016
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Ban demands North Korea cease 'provocative actions'
United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon denounced Saturday North Korea's "provocative actions" in launching a long-range rocket, in violation of UN Security Council resolutions.Ban "reaffirms his commitment to working with all sides in reducing tensions and achieving the verifiable denuclearization of the Korean Peninsula," a statement read. (AFP)
Feb. 7, 2016
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North Korea’s rocket launch may be successful: official
North Korea appears to have succeeded in putting what its claims to be a satellite into orbit, a military official said Sunday.“It is assumed that the projectile has entered into orbit,” the official said, but added that further analysis will be needed to confirm its normal operation.The North fired the rocket from its northwest Dongchang-ri launch site, detected by South Korea’s Aegis destroyer radar at 9:30 a.m. The Joint Chiefs of Staff concluded it was a long-range missile with a range of mo
Feb. 7, 2016
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The Latest: North Korea says launch successful, more to come
The Latest on North Korea's launch of a long-range rocket (all times local):12:40 p.m. In a special announcement read on state-run North Korean TV, the announcer says the country has put a satellite into orbit on a successful rocket launch.The announcer says North Korea will launch more satellites. The North's special announcement says the launch was ordered by leader Kim Jong Un. 12:05 p.m. Republican presidential candidates in the U.S. are speaking up about North Korea's rocket launch on Sunda
Feb. 7, 2016
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Seoul vows continued pressure against North Korea for change
The Seoul government strongly lambasted North Korea’s Feb. 7 rocket launch as a “radical act of provocation that it committed to again to maintain its system while turning blind eye on the lives of the North Koreans.”Cho Tae-yong, first deputy director of national security of the South Korean Presidential Office, said in a statement that the government will continue to exert all efforts for the U.N. Security Council to come up with strong sanctions. It will also continue to add necessary pressur
Feb. 7, 2016
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North Korea's rocket launch may be successful: official
North Korea seems to have succeeded in putting what its claims to be a satellite into orbit, a military official said Sunday."It's presumed that the projectile has entered into orbit," the official said, indicating that the North's long-range rocket launch might be successful.He added, however, additional analysis is needed to confirm whether it is normally operating in orbit.Earlier in the day, the North fired the rocket from its northwest Dongchang-ri launch site in defiance of United Nations
Feb. 7, 2016
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Park calls North Korea's rocket launch 'outright disaster' for peace
President Park Geun-hye on Sunday condemned North Korea for “ignoring the warnings of the international community in the wee hours of the morning and carried out the unacceptable act of provocation by launching the long-range missile in a follow-up to its 4th nuclear test.”(Yonhap)Speaking at Cheong Wa Dae’s National Security Council, Park said that the North’s launch is a challenge against the international community that longs for peace as it was carried out at a time where discussion was bein
Feb. 7, 2016
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Seoul, Washington assessing whether North Korea’s rocket launch was successful: ministry
The Defense Ministry said Sunday that Seoul and Washington were jointly assessing whether North Korea’s 9:30 a.m. long-range rocket launch was a success.“North Korea launched a long-range missile from the launch site in Dongchang-ri, Cheolsan of North Pyeongan Province...South Korea and the U.S. are jointly assessing whether the launch has been successful,” said Defense Ministry spokesman Moon Sang-gyun during a press briefing.He said South Korea’s 7,700-ton Aegis destroyer, King Sejong the Grea
Feb. 7, 2016
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U.S. Strategic Command tracks North Korean missile launch into space
The U.S. Strategic Command said Saturday it detected North Korea's missile launch at 9:29 a.m. Korean time. "U.S. Strategic Command systems detected and tracked what we assess was a North Korean missile launch into space at 6:29 p.m.CST (central standard time)," the command said in a statement. "The missile was tracked on a southerly launch over the Yellow Sea."The North American Aerospace Defense Command (NORAD) "determined that at no time was the missile a threat to North America," the stateme
Feb. 7, 2016
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South Korea president urges 'strong' UN response to North rocket launch
South Korean President Park Geun-Hye on Sunday urged a tough UN response to North Korea's long-range rocket launch that came barely a month after its fourth nuclear test."The UN Security Council should take strong punitive measures quickly," Park said in televised address following the morning launch.(AFP)
Feb. 7, 2016
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Chinese state media urges 'restraint' as North Korea launches rocket
China's official Xinhua News Agency urged "all relevant parties" to exercise "restraint" on Sunday as North Korea launched a long-range rocket in defiance of U.N. resolutions amid international condemnations over its latest nuclear test. There was no immediate reaction from China's foreign ministry about the North's rocket launch, but commentary by the Chinese news agency said, "The launch marks a negative development of the situation on the Korean Peninsula." "Sanctions are definitely not the a
Feb. 7, 2016
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Park says North Korea has committed unacceptable provocation
Park says North Korea has committed unacceptable provocation, adding, South Korea, US should take all necessary measures responding to N. Korea's missile launch.North Korea said Sunday it will make a special announcement at midday (Pyongyang Time) following its launch of a long-range rocket earlier in the day.North Korea said it will deliver a "special and important" announcement at noon, North Korea's state-run radio and TV stations reported without elaborating.Earlier in the day, the North lau
Feb. 7, 2016
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US denounces 'destabilizing, provocative' North Korea rocket launch
The United States on Saturday denounced North Korea's launch of a long-range rocket as "destabilizing and provocative."The unpredictable hermit state made good on its threat to launch a satellite-bearing rocket, an operation widely seen as a covert ballistic missile test despite Pyongyang's insistence that it is part of a purely scientific program.A US defense official said the launch vehicle "appears to have reached space."Pyongyang had already detonated what it claimed was a powerful thermonuc
Feb. 7, 2016
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UN Security Council to hold emergency meeting on North Korea
The United Nations Security Council will hold an emergency meeting Sunday in New York over North Korea's launch of a long-range rocket, diplomats said.The closed-door talks were requested by South Korea as well as council members Japan and the United States, which have both denounced the launch as a violation of UN Security Council resolutions.(AFP)
Feb. 7, 2016
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White House condemns NK rocket launch as 'flagrant violation' of UN resolutions
The White House condemned North Korea's long-range rocket launch as a "flagrant violation" of U.N.Security Council resolutions, reaffirming its commitment to the defense of its allies and calling for serious consequences to the communist nation."North Korea's launch using ballistic missile technology, following so closely after its Jan. 6 nuclear test, represents yet another destabilizing and provocative action and is a flagrant violation of multiple United Nations Security Council resolutions,"
Feb. 7, 2016
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Chronology of North Korea's missile, rocket launches
The following is a chronology of major events leading to North Korea's launch of a long-range rocket on Sunday.-- August 31, 1998: North Korea fires its first ballistic missile, the Unha-1 rocket, also known as the Taepodong-1 missile, from the launch site of Musudan-ri in North Hamgyong Province.-- July 4, 2006: North Korea fires the more advanced Taepodong-2 missile at the Musudan-ri launch site.-- April 5, 2009: North Korea launches the Unha-2 rocket at the Musudan-ri launch site with the att
Feb. 7, 2016
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The Latest: South Korea report says launch may have failed
The Latest on North Korea's launch of a long-range rocket (all times local):10:30 a.m. South Korea's Yonhap news agency is reporting that North Korea's rocket launch may have failed. The agency provided no other details in a short dispatch. The South's Defense Ministry says it cannot immediately confirm the report. North Korea successfully put a satellite into orbit in its last launch, in December 2012. But before that Pyongyang suffered a series of failures.10:10 a.m. Japanese Prime Minister Sh
Feb. 7, 2016