N. Korea's rocket launch

N. Korea's rocket launch

PYONGYANG, North Korea - Photo shows North Korean leader Kim Jong Un (C), Jang Song Thaek (far R), vice chairman of North Korea's National Defense Commission, and others visiting the General Satellite Control and Command Center on the outskirts of Pyongyang on Dec. 12, 2012. Kim issued the order for a rocket launch on Dec. 12, 2012, and stressed that "satellite" launches need to be continued, the North's official Korean Central News Agency reported Dec. 14.

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