Japan's Okinawa prefecture was on high alert Wednesday morning following a North Korean launch of a suspected ballistic missile. But the rocket appears ... to evacuate inside buildings or underground.

The fact that North Korea’s rocket reportedly used red fuming nitric acid as a propellant further underscores this possibility. This bilateral partnership — and mutual reliance — is unique ...

(CNN)-- After a three-hour emergency session Sunday, the United Nations Security Council failed to come to any agreement on how to deal with North Korea's rocket launch over the weekend.

North Korea launched a multistage rocket Friday morning, again defying countries that want it to stop pursuing advanced weapons, but it apparently blew up less than two minutes into flight.

During Kim’s Russia visit, Putin told state media that his country would help North Korea build satellites, saying Kim “shows keen interest in rocket technology.” Russia and North Korea ...

Bosworth is not scheduled to visit North Korea. "There are no plans for that delegation to travel to North Korea," State Department spokesman Robert Wood said ... launched the rocket April 5.

SEOUL--North Korea launched a long-range rocket in a southern direction on Thursday, South Korea's military said, in the North's likely second attempt to put a spy satellite into orbit. South ...

In the past it has blocked action against North Korea. The launch of the rocket early on Wednesday appears to have been a success, with stages falling in the areas North Korea had indicated they ...

TASS/. The South Korean military are considering the possibility that the North Korean rocket launched earlier on Wednesday could have exploded during the flight, the Yonhap news agency reported ...