ROK: DPRK's rocket launch seems to have failed
<p><span word="The">The</span> <span word="Democratic">Democratic</span> <span word="People">People</span>'<span word="s">s</span> <span word="Republic">Republic</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="Korea">Korea</span> (<span word="DPRK">DPRK</span>) <span word="fired">fired</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="long">long</span>-<span word="range">range</span> <span word="rocket">rocket</span> <span word="Friday">Friday</span> <span word="morning">morning</span>, <span word="but">but</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="launch">launch</span> <span word="appears">appears</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="have">have</span> <span word="ended">ended</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="failure">failure</span>, <span word="the">the</span> <span word="South">South</span> <span word="Korean">Korean</span> <span word="defense">defense</span> <span word="ministry">ministry</span> <span word="said">said</span>.</p><p><span word="The">The</span> <span word="Unha">Unha</span>-3 <span word="rocket">rocket</span> <span word="dropped">dropped</span> <span word="several">several</span> <span word="minutes">minutes</span> <span word="after">after</span> <span word="taking">taking</span> <span word="off">off</span> <span word="from">from</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="Tongchang">Tongchang</span>-<span word="ri">ri</span> <span word="launch">launch</span> <span word="site">site</span> <span word="at">at</span> 7:39 <span word="am">am</span> (2239 <span word="GMT">GMT</span>), <span word="the">the</span> <span word="ministry">ministry</span> <span word="said">said</span>, <span word="adding">adding</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="rocket">rocket</span> <span word="broke">broke</span> <span word="into">into</span> <span word="several">several</span> <span word="pieces">pieces</span> <span word="before">before</span> <span word="falling">falling</span> <span word="into">into</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="sea">sea</span>.</p><p><span word="Reports">Reports</span> <span word="say">say</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="rocket">rocket</span> <span word="seemed">seemed</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="have">have</span> <span word="landed">landed</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="waters">waters</span> <span word="some">some</span> 200 <span word="kilometers">kilometers</span> <span word="off">off</span> <span word="South">South</span> <span word="Korea">Korea</span>'<span word="s">s</span> <span word="western">western</span> <span word="port">port</span> <span word="city">city</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="Gunsan">Gunsan</span>.</p><p><span word="The">The</span> <span word="DPRK">DPRK</span> <span word="announced">announced</span> <span word="last">last</span> <span word="month">month</span> <span word="it">it</span> <span word="would">would</span> <span word="launch">launch</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="rocket">rocket</span>-<span word="mounted">mounted</span> <span word="Kwangmyongsong">Kwangmyongsong</span>-3 <span word="satellite">satellite</span> <span word="between">between</span> <span word="April">April</span> 12 <span word="and">and</span> 16 <span word="to">to</span> <span word="mark">mark</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="centenary">centenary</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="late">late</span> <span word="DPRK">DPRK</span> <span word="founder">founder</span> <span word="Kim">Kim</span> <span word="Il">Il</span>-<span word="sung">sung</span>'<span word="s">s</span> <span word="birth">birth</span>.</p><p><span word="Seoul">Seoul</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="Washington">Washington</span>, <span word="among">among</span> <span word="others">others</span>, <span word="see">see</span> <span word="it">it</span> <span word="as">as</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="disguised">disguised</span> <span word="long">long</span>-<span word="range">range</span> <span word="ballistic">ballistic</span> <span word="missile">missile</span> <span word="test">test</span> <span word="that">that</span> <span word="violates">violates</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="UN">UN</span> <span word="Security">Security</span> <span word="Council">Council</span> <span word="resolution">resolution</span>.</p><p><span word="Seoul">Seoul</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="Tokyo">Tokyo</span> <span word="have">have</span> <span word="said">said</span> <span word="they">they</span> <span word="will">will</span> <span word="shoot">shoot</span> <span word="down">down</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="rocket">rocket</span> <span word="if">if</span> <span word="it">it</span> <span word="strays">strays</span> <span word="into">into</span> <span word="their">their</span> <span word="territories">territories</span>, <span word="while">while</span> <span word="Pyongyang">Pyongyang</span> <span word="warned">warned</span> <span word="of">of</span> "<span word="merciless">merciless</span> <span word="punishment">punishment</span>" <span word="for">for</span> <span word="such">such</span> <span word="attempts">attempts</span>.</p>
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