Defying warnings of tougher sanctions from Washington, North Korea on Sunday launched a space rocket in a purported satellite program widely considered to be a cover for developing intercontinental ballistic missile technologies. The rocket blasted off from Tongchang-ri, the North’s main satellite launch site near its northwestern border with China, a spokesman for the South Korean Defense Ministry, said. The spokesman, who spoke on condition of anonymity until his ministry could make an official announcement, said it was not clear if the rocket launch was successful. President Park Geun-hye of South Korea called an emergency meeting of top national security advisers on Sunday to address the ...
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