Breaking News: North Korea ‘Launches Long-Range Rocket’
North Korea has launched a long-range missile, says the Japanese government.
Satellite image of missile launch pad
“A rocket appears to have been launched from North Korea,” the prime minister’s office said in a statement.
International pressure has mounted in recent days to halt the launch, which was due to take place at Musudan-ri on the north-east coast.
North Korea says its intentions are peaceful and it is launching an “experimental communications satellite”.
But the US and North Korea’s neighbours believe it is a cover for testing the regime’s long-range missile technology in defiance of UN resolutions.
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