North Korean Rocket Launch: Photos

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N. Korean Rocket Launch in Defiance of Pressure May Have Failed

North Korea technicians watch live images of the rocket Unah-3

Workers clean a building near a portrait of Kim Il Sung

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A technician checks the Unha-3 rocket

A soldier stands guard in front of the Unha-3 rocket

The Unha-3 rocket at Tangachai-ri space center

North Korea Rocket Launch

N. Rocket Launch in Defiance of International Pressure Fails

North Korea defied international condemnation and launched a rocket today that may have failed minutes after liftoff, South Korea and Japan said.

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