N Korea Rocket Launch

An emergency evacuation alert sent in error across Seoul over a North Korean rocket launch triggered widespread panic on Wednesday, crashing internet services and raising fears the government could not be trusted to handle a real crisis.

South Korea's military released images of part of a North Korean spy satellite that crashed soon after launch Wednesday due to a rocket failure, with Seoul's military finding and salvaging the debris.

US President Donald Trump, who in September called North Korea's leader Kim Jong Un "little rocket man", repeated the slight again a day after the secretive country launched an advanced ballistic missile that analysts said was of great concern

Japan announced fresh sanctions against North Korea on Wednesday for its latest rocket launch, including a total ban on shipping from the country and barring Pyongyang's nationals from entering.

The United States confirmed on Friday it would not go forward with an already suspended deal to send food aid to North Korea, following Pyongyang's failed rocket launch. "Their efforts to launch a missile clearly demonstrate that they could not be trusted to keep their commitments," US deputy national security advisor Ben Rhodes said aboard Air Fo...

South Korean Foreign Minister Kim Sung-Hwan said on Friday that North Korea's rocket launch had failed.

North Korea has appointed a new armed forces minister, official media said on Wednesday, as it prepares for a widely criticised rocket launch.

A senior US official has warned North Korea's upcoming rocket launch would be aimed south for the first time and impact in an area "roughly between Australia, Indonesia and the Philippines".

World leaders including US President Barack Obama Monday will launch a summit on the threat from nuclear-armed terrorists, but the atomic ambitions of North Korea and Iran are set to feature heavily.

The UNSC said it is in violation of 2006 resolution that barred the reclusive communist nation from conducting missile-related activities.

A US-based research institute on Tuesday released what are believed to be the first publicly available satellite photographs of North Korea's rocket launch.

Insisting that its long-range rocket was launched to carry a satellite into space and not a missile test, North Korea has warned that it will retaliate with "strong steps" if the UN Security Council takes any action against Pyongyang.

An Iranian foreign ministry official on Monday defended North Korea's rocket launch, saying that every nation has the right to the peaceful use of space technology.

Top countries of the world have reacted to North Korea's launch of a rocket with alarm because the technology could well be used as a long-range missile.

Defying US warnings and threats of international sanctions, North Korea went ahead and launched a long-range rocket on Sunday.

An emergency evacuation alert sent in error across Seoul over a North Korean rocket launch triggered widespread panic on Wednesday, crashing internet services and raising fears the government could not be trusted to handle a real crisis.

South Korea's military released images of part of a North Korean spy satellite that crashed soon after launch Wednesday due to a rocket failure, with Seoul's military finding and salvaging the debris.

US President Donald Trump, who in September called North Korea's leader Kim Jong Un "little rocket man", repeated the slight again a day after the secretive country launched an advanced ballistic missile that analysts said was of great concern

Japan announced fresh sanctions against North Korea on Wednesday for its latest rocket launch, including a total ban on shipping from the country and barring Pyongyang's nationals from entering.

The United States confirmed on Friday it would not go forward with an already suspended deal to send food aid to North Korea, following Pyongyang's failed rocket launch. "Their efforts to launch a missile clearly demonstrate that they could not be trusted to keep their commitments," US deputy national security advisor Ben Rhodes said aboard Air Fo...

South Korean Foreign Minister Kim Sung-Hwan said on Friday that North Korea's rocket launch had failed.

North Korea has appointed a new armed forces minister, official media said on Wednesday, as it prepares for a widely criticised rocket launch.

A senior US official has warned North Korea's upcoming rocket launch would be aimed south for the first time and impact in an area "roughly between Australia, Indonesia and the Philippines".

World leaders including US President Barack Obama Monday will launch a summit on the threat from nuclear-armed terrorists, but the atomic ambitions of North Korea and Iran are set to feature heavily.

The UNSC said it is in violation of 2006 resolution that barred the reclusive communist nation from conducting missile-related activities.

A US-based research institute on Tuesday released what are believed to be the first publicly available satellite photographs of North Korea's rocket launch.

Insisting that its long-range rocket was launched to carry a satellite into space and not a missile test, North Korea has warned that it will retaliate with "strong steps" if the UN Security Council takes any action against Pyongyang.

An Iranian foreign ministry official on Monday defended North Korea's rocket launch, saying that every nation has the right to the peaceful use of space technology.

Top countries of the world have reacted to North Korea's launch of a rocket with alarm because the technology could well be used as a long-range missile.

Defying US warnings and threats of international sanctions, North Korea went ahead and launched a long-range rocket on Sunday.