North Korea launched a long-range rocket Sunday carrying what it said was a satellite, in defiance of United Nations sanctions barring it from using ballistic missile technology.”We have totally succeeded in launching the fourth Kwangmyongsong satellite,” North Korean state media said in a broadcast after the launch. It said the satellite reached its planned location in space in 9 minutes and 46 seconds.The United States and Japan condemned the launch as a thinly-veiled test of ballistic missile technology, and a provocation. North Korea has conducted four nuclear weapons tests, the latest of which was last month.South Korean President Park Geun-hye called the launch “a real threat towards the international community” and said the United Nations must enact tough international sanctions in response.The rocket was launched at around 9:30 a.m. Sunday Seoul time (7:30 p.m. ET), and South Korea and the U.S. tracked its flight, South Korean and U.S. military officials said. -
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