N. Korea moves forward start of rocket launch period

N. Korea moves forward start of rocket launch period

Okinawa prefectural government officials shown preparing at their office in Naha on Feb. 6, 2016, for a North Korea rocket launch, widely believed to be a de facto test-firing of a long-range ballistic missile. The missile is expected to pass over the southernmost prefecture of Japan. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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