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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
North KoreaFeb. 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
North KoreaFeb. 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
North KoreaFeb. 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
North KoreaFeb. 7, 2016
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[Newsmaker]Taiwan rescuers find signs of life in rubble
Rescuers on Sunday found signs of life within the remains of a high-rise residential building that collapsed in a powerful, shallow earthquake in southern Taiwan that killed at least 18 people and injured hundreds. The emergency center in Tainan, the worst-hit city, estimated that 132 people were still missing more than 24 hours after the magnitude-6.4 quake struck at dawn Saturday. (Yonhap)Tainan Mayor Lai Ching-te said in TV interviews from the site of the building collapse that life detectin
World NewsFeb. 7, 2016
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South Korean Jang Ha-na claims maiden LPGA win
South Korean Jang Ha-na claimed her maiden LPGA Tour victory in Florida on Saturday, becoming the second straight player from the country to win on the world's largest female tour. (Yonhap)Jang won the weather-interrupted Coates Golf Championship in Ocala, Florida, at 11-under 277, edging out Brooke Henderson of Canada by two strokes. Jang, forced to play 30 holes on Saturday after rain had disrupted the schedule, survived another wet day with an even 72 over her final 18 holes for a wire-to-wir
GolfFeb. 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
North KoreaFeb. 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
North KoreaFeb. 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)
North KoreaFeb. 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
North KoreaFeb. 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
North KoreaFeb. 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
North KoreaFeb. 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)
North KoreaFeb. 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,"
North KoreaFeb. 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
North KoreaFeb. 7, 2016
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South Korea's financial regulator to convene emergency meeting
South Korea's top financial regulator will convene an emergency meeting to intensify monitoring of the local financial market following North Korea's long-range missile launch, an official said Sunday.In the meeting scheduled to take place at 11:00 a.m., the Financial Services Commission (FSC) will check the impact of the rocket launch on global and local markets and discuss ways to deal with possible risks.The South Korean financial market has been struggling with rising uncertainties at home a
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
North KoreaFeb. 7, 2016
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Pentagon says NK rocket poses no danger to US, allies
The United States is tracking a North Korean long-range rocket, but it does not pose a threat to the U.S. or its allies, a Defense Department official said Saturday."We are tracking it. It does not pose a danger to the U.S. or allies. We will provide an update soon," the Pentagon official told Yonhap News Agency by phone on the condition of anonymity.The North fired the rocket from its northwest Dongchang-ri launch site at 9:30 a.m. (Korean time), one month after its fourth nuclear test, sending
North KoreaFeb. 7, 2016
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Japan PM Abe calls North Korean launch 'absolutely intolerable'
Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe condemned North Korea's launch Sunday of a long-range rocket and said it was a violation of UN Security resolutions.The launch was "absolutely intolerable," Abe told reporters as it came despite repeated protests by the international community. He also called it a "clear violation" of UN Security Council resolutions.(Yonhap)The rocket took off at around 9:00 am Pyongyang time (0030 GMT), according to the South Korean defence ministry which was monitoring the la
North KoreaFeb. 7, 2016
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North Korea launches long-range rocket
North Korea launched a long-range rocket from its northwest Dongchang-ri launch site on Sunday, South Korean military officials said. The test was carried out about a month after its Jan. 6 nuclear test for which the U.N. Security Council and the international community is moving to draw up stronger sanctions.North Korea launched the long-range missile at around 9:30 a.m. after which it is believed to have disappeared from radar during fairing separation stage, the military said. North Korea ap
North KoreaFeb. 7, 2016