DTN News - KOREAN PENINSULA NEWS: North Korean Leader Kim Jong-Un At A Ceremony In Pyongyang

DTN News - KOREAN PENINSULA NEWS: North Korean Leader Kim Jong-Un At A Ceremony In Pyongyang

(NSI News Source Info) TORONTO, Canada - July 16, 2012: This photo taken on April 13, 2012 shows North Korean military chief Ri Yong-Ho (L) and North Korean leader Kim Jong-Un (R) at a ceremony in Pyongyang. North Korea's army chief Ri Yong-Ho has been relieved of all his posts due to illness, state media said on July 16, 2012, in a surprise development that removes one of new leader Kim Jong-Un's inner circle. (Photo - Getty)

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DTN News - KOREAN PENINSULA NEWS: North Korea Reveals Possible New Missile Taepodong-Class Intermediary Range Ballistic Missile (IRBM)

DTN News - KOREAN PENINSULA NEWS: North Korea Reveals Possible New Missile Taepodong-Class Intermediary Range Ballistic Missile (IRBM)

(NSI News Source Info) TORONTO, Canada - April 21, 2012: A rocket is carried by a military vehicle what is believed to be a Taepodong-class missile Intermediary Range Ballistic Missile (IRBM), about 20 meters long with during a military parade to celebrate the centenary of the birth of Kim Il-sung in Pyongyang April 15, 2012 in this picture released by North Korea's KCNA on April 16, 2012.

South Korea's YTN TV later cited military sources and analysts as saying the rocket is a new long-range missile, presumed to be a ballistic missile with a range of 6,000 km (3,700 miles).         (Photo - Reuters)

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DTN News - DEFENSE NEWS: North Korea Admits Rocket Fails Shortly After Launch

DTN News - DEFENSE NEWS: North Korea Admits Rocket Fails Shortly After Launch

(NSI News Source Info) TORONTO, Canada - April 13, 2012: North Korea has acknowledged a multi-stage rocket it launched early Friday failed to reach orbit.

An announcer on North Korean television - interrupting programming four hours after the launch, which was not broadcast - says the Kwangmyongsong-3 earth observation satellite did not succeed in reaching orbit and scientific experts are investigating the cause of the failure.

Officials in Seoul, Tokyo and Washington say North Korea's rocket indeed blasted off from the launch pad but failed to get very far.

U.S. military officials called it a Taepo Dong-2 missile. They say it was tracked by satellite on a southern trajectory where the first stage fell into the Yellow Sea. The North American Aerospace Defense Command says the other two stages failed to continue in flight and never posed a threat.

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