North Korea Launches Rocket

North Korea launched a long-range rocket early Sunday, in what most in the international community suspect is a banned test of missile technology. North Korea had announced earlier this week the rocket it planned to launch would put a satellite in orbit. A U.S. defense official confirmed to VOA the launch had taken place, and that the U.S. was tracking the situation. Sunday's launch — just two hours into a revised seven-day window that Pyongyang announced for the rocket's...

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