North Korea announced Saturday that it will send a long-range rocket into space this month, trying to make up for a public relations disaster in April when a much-hyped launch failed.
North Korea Plans Long-range Rocket Launch
By Barbara Demick and Jung-yoon Choi, Los Angeles Times
Sat, 12/01/2012 - 6:45am
Topics: asia north korea rocket launch
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