SEOUL — One day after the humiliation of a failed satellite launch, a showpiece of might breaking apart and dropping into the sea, North Korea got along with the usual agenda of extolling its leadership. Read full article > >

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After satellite failure, N. Korea gets back to regular business of Kim love

North Korea has staged a mass rally to show support for the country’s new young leader Kim Jong-un, just a day after a failed rocket launch that provoked international criticism.

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VIDEO: ‘Mass show of loyalty’ in N Korea

The U.N. Security Council will meet Friday to discuss North Korea's botched missile launch — an act U.N. officials called deplorable and destabilizing despite its failure.

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Security Council ‘deplored’ NK launch

There has been international condemnation after North Korea launched a long range rocket this morning amid claims it was a cover for testing missile technology.

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VIDEO: N Korea ‘quiet’ as rocket fails

The UN Security Council deplores the launch by North Korea of a rocket and satellite which broke up shortly after take-off.

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UN ‘deplores’ North Korea launch

Defying warnings of more censure and sanctions, North Korea launched a rocket Friday. But in what was a major embarrassment to the North and its young leader it broke up after liftoff.

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International Condemnation Follows North Korea’s Failed Rocket Launch

The North Korean rocket launch that threw its neighbors in the Asian region into high alert was greeted with relief on Friday as previously jittery stock markets gained ground and bans on activities in its projected flight path were relaxed.

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Asian neighbors react to North Korean rocket launch

Defying weeks of international warnings of more censure and sanctions, North Korea launched a rocket on Friday, though some early reports said the effort had failed.

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North Korea Tests Rocket; Early Reports Say It Failed

SEOUL — North Korea launched a long-range rocket Friday morning in defiance of repeated international protests, but it failed to reach orbit, breaking apart soon after the blast-off, according to U.S., South Korean and Japanese officials. Read full article > >

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North Korea launches long-range rocket , fails to reach orbit

The first opportunity for North Korea to launch its controversial rocket passed uneventfully Thursday, keeping the region on tenterhooks for at least another day.

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Neighbors watch for N. Korea launch

SEOUL — North Korea did not launch its long-range rocket Thursday, but the country reiterated a message that it shouldn’t be punished when it goes ahead with the blast sometime within its stated five-day window. Read full article > >

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North Korea insists rocket launch does not flout deal with U.S.

North Korea’s leader Kim Jong-un is given two posts previously held by his late father, as the country prepares for a widely-criticised rocket launch.

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New titles for North Korea leader

Blaine Harden tells the story of Shin Dong-hyuk, who fled a North Korean forced-labor camp but not before turning in his mother and brother for executions.

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Books of The Times: ‘Escape From Camp 14,’ by Blaine Harden

North Korea is readying itself for a long-range rocket launch, amid international concerns that the satellite launch is a cover for developing missile technology.

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VIDEO: ‘Nothing quite as it seems’ in North Korea

Hillary Clinton says North Korea should not go ahead with its planned rocket launch if it wants a “peaceful, better future” for its people.

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