they say north korean authorities went back on a commitment they made to get u.s. food aid in exchange for halting nuclear and missile tests. the spokespersons say the united states remains vigilant in the face of north korea's provocations and is fully committed to the security of its allies in the region. >>> the united nations security council will hold an emergency closed door meeting to discuss its response to the north korean launch. the meeting will begin at 10:00 a.m. friday new york time and is being held at the request of the japanese mission to the u.n. >> translator: the japanese government will keep urging the united states and other council members to handle the north korean situation properly. japan hopes to work closely with the u.s., south korea, china, russia, and other concerned nations. >> the united states and european nations are expected to condemn the north korean launch. russia is also expected to side with the western nations. the reaction of the remaining permanent council member, china, will be the key to the outcome of the council meetin

now this is not the first time the north koreans have attempted something like this. they've launched several missiles in the past and have faced criticism from the west along the way. >> reporter: north korea tested his first midrange ballistic misnil 1993. the nodong 1 had a range of 1300 kilometers, making it capable of reaching almost any part of japan or its territories. the first launch of a long-range missile, the taepodong 1 took place in 1998. that missile flew over japan before falling into the pacific ocean. in july 2006, north korea carried out a series of tests over the sea of japan. firing seven missiles at once. one of them, the taepodong 2 has a range of 6,000 kilometers. that means it is capable of reaching the mainland united states. three years later, pyongyang tested an improved version of the taepodong 2. analysts believe north korea's missile development program has several objectives. one is to enhance its military power. the north korean government also views its missile tests as a trump card in negotiations with the u.s. analysts also suspect n

if not, then what should be the appropriate course of action to mitigate the north korean threat? success successive president, both republican and democratic, as the chairman pointed out, have pursued a policy of quote tough engagement, end of quote, with pyongyang. given north korea's proclivity to break agreements before the ink is dried, does it make sense to continue this approach? if not, what is the alternative? are there additional sanctions we could place on north korea that would change their behavior? and does it make sense to tie food aid to specific actions taken by the north? at a minimum, i brielieve the u. should do everything possible to ensure existing u.n. council security resolutions on north korea are fully implemented and i welcome the recent security council presidential statement indicating additional entities involved in north korea's proliferation activities will be sanctioned in coming days. we must also continue to coordinate closely with our south korean and japanese allies on how to best address the north korean threat while maintaining a robust u.s. m

can only all other north koreans. it means information can flow from one part of north korea where you cannot move around easily, to another part. the more information we can pour into north korea, it can seep in. china is richer than it used to be so it's the example that north korea really is fall beg hind because it's trying to prop up a military that's gobbling up more than a quarter of its weak gdp. $27 billion gross domestic product. more than $5 billion is now coming in from china. china is the number one patron. we've got to expose this and get information flowing in. we do need our south korean ally. there's an election coming up this december in south korea. >> i want to flag the fact the north korean human rights act has been a major contribution from the u.s. congress. the strong support for funding for information flows, you know, targeted at north korea. we still need to work very hard on highlighting china's really terrible policy of repatriation of north korean refugees. i know you've been doing a lot

this is the first time north korean officials have admitted such a failure. >> the north koreans launched a rocket in 1998 and 2006 that were said to carry satellites. but leaders of many other nations believed those were actually missile tests and analysts failed to confirm the existence of any satellites. japanese government officials said the missile flew for more than a minute. they say it may have reached up to 120 kilometers into the air. and it appears to have split into about ten pieces. they fell into the yellow sea west of the korean peninsula. the government's top spokesperson condemned the attempt as a violation of u.n. security council resolutions. >> translator: even though the launch of the missile failed, it means north korea went ahead with it despite objections by japan and other countries. we cannot help but call this a serious provocation to the security of japan and in violation of u.n. security council resolutions 1695, 1718 and 1874. this is a deplorable act, and we've launched a strong protest through diplomatic channels. >> nhk reporter is in pyongyang and he'll b

the north korean people have not been notified of this. but wouldn't it be your speculation that this new leader of north korea in his first big moment on the international stage would be watching this and watching the world's media report of his dismal failure at this very moment? >> yes. you know, there was a lot of speculation in south korea and some very informed observers who thought that it would not be launched today because today kim jong un is supposed to get important post chairman of the national defense commission. there was a feeling they did not want to have the missile launch to upstage the big event in pyongyang. so, right now, not only do we have this spectacular failure on the anniversary of kim sun's birth. also the core nation of his grandson. there has got to be some very severe consequences for technicians and scientists in north korea right now. >> shepard: gordon stay with us right now. gordon chang at -- jennifer griffin at the pentagon then. this thought this brand new leader in his great big moment could have a ca

local time, the north koreans launched this missile we've been talking about so long. dications from the u.s. government, from the japanese government, we're waiting for confirmation from the south korean government are that it appears to have fallen apart in fairly short order. as barbara just told us, even before it reached space. it was still within the atmosphere. the u.n. security council is going to meet on this tomorrow and japanese officials say that, as i said, of course, it did fall apart. they were standing by to shoot it down if they needed to. let's go back to paula hancocks in seoul who has more news there. >> reporter: tom, we're just hearing from the south korean defense ministry that they believe that this rocket broke up in the very first few minutes of the flight. they say they don't believe that it even got to the first stage, that the first stage parted from the rest of the rocket. this is what they think at this point. they think it was a very early failure, but they say they are consulting with the u.s. here on the ground as well. obviously the tr

fwomed a reactor complex biltd by the north koreans. in 2008, discussions between berma and north korea. and the iran connection bears careful watching. so the north is clearly heading towards a nuclear weapons capability. our evidents have hardly slowed or deterred them from that path. what do we do? the president's statement from the security council had the right tone, some of the right content, was necessary but far from sufficient. it is said north korea will not negotiate under pressure. but the historical pattern is north korea will not negotiate unless there is pressure. and the pressure is sufficient to have an effect on their behavior. the resolutions and sanctions are not being implemented. north korean companies are trading in china that are on the sanctions list. although the administration effectively mobilized japanese and korean defense cooperation after north korean attacks, we have backed off. i also think we to consider the signal it sends as we cut defense spending in the united states and move away from capability to

they say north korean authorities went back on a commitment they made to get u.s. food aid in exchange for halting nuclear and missile tests. the spokespersons say the united states remains vigilant in the face of north korea's provocations and is fully committed to the security of its allies in the region. >>> china's leaders are calling for calm. the country often as as a link between the north and the rest of the world.sumu kojima tells events are playing out there. >> chinese state-run media has been giving friday's events in north korea front page coverage, quoting u.s., korean, and japanese media. however, some in beijing are still not sure. >> translator: did you hear the news? >> translator: no, not yet. >> translator: they say they failed. >> translator: i'll find out later. >> translator: what do you mean? north korea never fails. >> reporter: a foreign ministry spokesperson told reporters that the government is asking concerned nations to act calmly. >> translator: china is carefully watching how other countries react to the launch. we hope to continue th

talking to the chinese, consulting regularly with the chinese, about how best to influence the north koreans and in a manner to effect reforms at home and to conform their international behavior to acceptable standards. objectively we can see that north korea continues to behave outside the rules of normal and acceptable international conduct. so that influence has not been as effective today as we would have liked. we continue to consult with the chinese and with other countries that discuss with the relations with north korea about north korea's behavior, and as our partnership with china deepens, we hope china will see the interest in the spirit of this partnership. >> i am hopeful of that, too. unless you see everything as a zero sum game between the u.s. and the prc which we certainly don't, and i hope they don't, this kind of instability in their own region can't possibly be good for the prc, and certainly not good for the rest of the world. i hope that we would continue those efforts to find common ground that would encourage north korea to act within the community of nations. thank y

television, nothing and north korean state radio. it is strange, because we were all invited here, dozens of journalists brought to north korea to report on this satellite launch. this morning's release have all been assembled here in the hotel that we are staying in. everyone trying to desperately confirm anything. all we know is what has come out from across the border in south korea in seoul, from washington, from tokyo, saying that at 7:39 p.m. the launch -- at 79 a.m. the rocket -- at 7:39 a.m., the rocket launched off. we were taken to mission control a few days ago. north korea has been open and wanted to show the world this, but no statement this morning at all here. >> why do you think that is? could that be a suggestion that has failed, the fact that they are being so secretive about this? gatax is very unusual for north korea to be right -- writing off the way as this week. it is usually very controlled, and the authoritarian rulers here are very careful about the information they put out. it may take days sometimes for the

are taught to all north koreans. the country's neighbors. the young leader, who has suffered a blow to its prestige, may be tempted to respond with a new show of power. perhaps by testing a nuclear bomb. this is already a dike -- a deeply isolated place under sanction. developing missile technology and nuclear weapons. north koreans are oblivious or unconcerned that the rocket was a failure and that america and britain and others may seek the un at to isolate this country even further. >> for more on the impact of the failed launch, i spoke to the managing director of the washington institute for policy. how likely is the regime to launch a missile to save face or to test a nuclear bomb? >> this was an embarrassment for the regime. it comes at a time when the younger kim is trying to consolidate his power behind the scenes. of course, this is a replay of what happened in april of 2009, when there was a failed rocket launch followed very quickly by a nuclear test. the fear in the west is that we will see another nucle

north korean leaders push ahead with their plan to launch a rocket as scheduled. a rocket stands on a launch pad in north korea at this hour ready to go. space agency officials say they'll send a satellite into orbit sometime between thursday and monday. government officials in the u.s. and elsewhere are urging them to cancel the launch. north korean officials invited about 60 international journalists to check out the launch pad. the site is in pyongyang in the northwestern part of the country. althree stages of the 30-meter long rocket are in position. it's marked with the national flag and the name milky way 3 in korean. officials showed journalists what they say is a satellite they plan to launch. the device is covered with solar panels and is equipped with cameras and antennas. the official responsible said everything is ready and it could be fueled up and launched at any time. he said leaders in pyongyang have an even bigger goal in mind they want to put larger satellites into orbit in the future including a geostationary communications satellite. >> translat

we have reached an agreement with the north koreans that will enable us to provide food assistance to north korea and we have been under the very -- it's been very important to us to relink humanitarian assistance and including nutritional assistance and other kinds of activities such as operational remains recovery operations from politics, and from north korea's provocative behavior. that's been our intent all along. however, when we recently reached this deal, this did prohibit north korean missile launches, and we indicated at the time that a satellite missile launch we would interpret as a missile launch because it would use missile technology. the north koreans have announced they will launch a missile. we are working very closely with allies and other partners in the region to try to discourage north korea from launching this missile as they intended, but we believe that this reflects their lack of desire to follow through on their commitments, their international commitments, and so we have been forced to suspend our activities to provide nutritional assistance to north korea

the north korean people are starving.outh korea reports the cot of the rocket who is been able to buy millions of tons of corn and rice which could have fed millions of north korean people. while food shortages have forced many to eat grass and tree bark to survive and the military recently had to lower the minimum requirement height for soldiers to 4' 9" because a third of north korean children are reportedly permanently stunted because of a lack of food. what a series of problems in north korea. catherine is live in washington, dc, this afternoon, catherine is the food aid off the table for good now? >>guest: well, a short time ago the white house spokesman carney said that the door is being left open for talks but the reality is the missile launch has put the north koreans in a box and now they must show that it can be trusted in the future and the that issue came up at the state department a short team ago. >> we are prepared to engage constructively with north korea but as we have said we are not going to reward bad

the north koreans agreed in february to a moratorium on missile tests in exchange for u.s. food aid. the g-8 ministers are considering issuing an emergency statement condemning north korea if the launch happens. japan's foreign minister spoke with his russian counterpart sergei lavrov after the g-8 discussion. gemba says he asked for support to get the u.n. security council to act if north korea goes ahead with the launch. gemba and lavrov discussed measures that could be taken. gemba revealed he spoke about what japan expects russia to do in the security council regarding the possible adoption of a new resolution condemning north korea. he says lavrov replied cooperation is important among the nations that make up the six-party talks on north korea's nuclear program. the members are japan, russia, the united states, china and north and south korea. >>> north korean leader kim jong-un has assumed two key posts within the ruling workers party on top of the supreme post of first secretary. >> the presidium of the political bureau is considered the party's highest decision-maki

kim jong-un did not mention the launch in his speech. >>> most north koreans never heard from their former leader kim jong-il, so they were curious to hear what his son had to say. narushige michita teaches about north korea at japan's national graduate institute for policy studies. he says kim is trying to reposition himself. >> well kim jong-un is apparently trying to present himself as a friendly and accessible leader. as you said, in the military parade, he spoke about 20 minutes. his father never did this. and also, he talked about the need of improving people's lives. so i think that north korean people are receiving this pretty positively. but the question is why is kim jong-un doing this. i think because his political position has not yet been consolidated. and so he needs popular support. so in the short run, certainly this is creating positive result for him. but in the long run, people might start thinking, this kind of attitude is a sign of his weakness. i think this kind of open-minded approach is designed to give an impression, a positive impression both domestically and inte

north korea criticized a south korean group last week for destroys a photo of kim jong-un. the country's leaders staged a rally. south korea's defense ministry said there was no evidence of unusual military action in north korea. the south korean government has expressed concern but maintains the north is trying to divert attention from the country's failed missile launch. nhk's correspondent in beijing says north korea's leadership is attempting to consolidate support for kim jong-un. the correspondent also says the north wants to boost national unity ahead of wednesday's 80th anniversary of the korean people's army. >>> u.s. state department spokesperson victoria nuland criticized north korea for making the threats. >> the dprk needs to understand it's not going to achieve anything but further isolation and pressure by threats, by launches, by any of this. we called on the new north korean leadership to change course, instead put their effort into moving their country into the modern world, into the 21st century. >> nuland said north korean leaders are putting their energy

in 2007, a nuclear reactor complex was bombed that was built by the north koreans. there were discussions between burma and north korea on nuclear connections. the north is clearly heading towards a nuclear weapons capability, deliverable for ballistic missiles or your country transfer. our efforts have slowed. it is said north korea will not negotiate under pressure. the historical pattern is north korea will not negotiate unless there is pressure. the security council resolutions and sanctions passed in the wake of the last two nuclear tests are not being implemented. ranking member berman pointed out the mobile launcher. that is probably chinese-made system. i have seen in japanese photojournalist collection of north korean trading companies openly operating in china that are on the sanctions list. the sanctions have not meant anything since it was originally charged look at this in 2009. although the administration effectively mobilized cooperation after the north korean attack in 2010, we have backed off. we have to consider moving away from capability to manage

it is marked with the north korean flag and the name milky way 3 in korean. officials showed journalists what they say is the satellite they plan to launch. the device is covered with solar panels and is equipped with cameras and antennas. the north korean official responsible for the launch facility said everything has been prepared. he says crews could load the satellite, fuel up the rocket and launch it at any time. he also said his country's leaders have a bigger goal in mind. they want to put larger satellites into orbit in the future including a geostationary communications satellite. >> translator: we have already set out a concrete program. it could pass over japan. it could also fly over other countries. >>> we'll be back with more news in 30 minutes. i'm gene otani in tokyo. .

in fact, although north korean, the north korean regime is willing to starve its own citizens, it maintains the world's fourth largest army. north korea has more than 1 million active duty personnel and thousands of artillery systems, tanks, armored personnel carrier, aircraft and surface combatants. more than 70% of north korea's combat power is positioned within 90 miles of the demilitarized zone. this puts our 280,000 troops and 24 million citizens of seoul, the world's fourth largest city, easily within the erratic regime's lethal reach. last month the united states and north korea announced that the regime would stop uranium enrichment and missile testing and aid lew international inspectors to return to north korea's nuclear facility. in exchange for nutritional aid. but two weeks ago north korea said they would launch a long range rocket into space in april. a clear violation of their agreement with the administration. this is typical behavior shown by the regime. a cycle of pro vauk cases and reconciliations designed to get what they want without giving up their nuclear weapons prog

security council over north korean plans to launch a rocket. you're watching "newsline." i'm yuko aotani. senior diplomats have agreed on the steps they'll take if north korea launches a rocket. the representatives of several other countries are urging leaders in the north to cancel the launch. the diplomats say the plan violates u.n. resolutions, and they say the security council should take up the issue. the chief of the asian and asean affairs bureau of japan's foreign minister, shinsuke sugiyama met kurt campbell and other officials in washington. they discussed a common approach on north korea. leaders there plan to launch the rocket between april the 12th and the 16th. they want to put a satellite into orbit. many diplomats believe the north's real aim is to test long-range missile technology. >> if north korea goes ahead with the launch it will clearly be in violation of u.n. security council resolutions. >> japanese and u.s. government officials plans to call on north korean leaders to cancel the launch at an upcoming meeting of g-8 foreign ministers. the ministers

the north koreans felt the pressure. y of last year, we were shifting in the united states towards trying to engage and putting pressure on south korea to back off on demands of the north. the north koreans knew that. even though they lost the food aid, which was small and kim jong-il was not investing in it, they got scores on the scoreboard by marginalizing. i don't think that is where it was intended -- >> we are running out of time. i would like to ask this panel to comment on the consolidation of the leader -- this is a tool of the military. >> thank you mr. conway. mr. royce is ready now. >> thank you, madam chair. >> sends food aid is being discussed, i will just mention the human rights commission hearing that was august on chin on the subject. we heard testimony of sacks being delivered -- villagers being told not to touch those. and the trucks coming back and picking up the sacks. the question was, what do they do that? at another hearing, it was explained how she had checked this, and the food was being sold on

using freezing the assets of north korean companies. it also calls for stronger enforcement of existing sanctions. the presidential statement is a unanimous call from the 15 council members including china. traditionally north korea's closest ally. ambassador rice noted last week's launch attempt caused grave concern in the nation. nhk world, new york. >>> japan's ambassador to the u.n. praised the statement. today reporters were told the statement takes into consideration the position that japan has been maintaining. >> translator: the japanese government strongly supports and welcomes the statement. we will continue to work closely with relevant countries to resolve north korea's nuclear and missile issues. >>> north korea says it will continue to develop its satellite technology. it said the rocket launch on friday is the first of a five-year space program. the online version quoted the comments by the north korean committee of space technology on monday. the pro-pyongyang general association of korean residents in japan produces the

the north korean government made a rare public admission recently. state media reported an attempt to launch a satellite into space failed. many nations consider it a long range missile test. still, south korean officials say this admission could signify a change of political style under kim jong-un. >>> a group of activists have released balloons carrying pamphlets and food across the border with north korea. they say the initiative is meant to denounce north korea's launch of a missile earlier this month. while the population continues to starve. nhk world reports. >> reporter: here near the north korean border, the members are now preparing for launching balloons with leaflets and chocolate to north korea. the ngo is composed of citizens who fled north korea. they released ten huge balloons carrying 2,000 packages. the leaflets explain the budget for the missile launch equals the cost of 19 million people for two years. >> translator: we're sending these chocolate cakes with our prayers for the happiness of the north korean people. >> reporter: tho

for the north korean crisis.can be portrayed as victims in their own nuclear places, you know, there's something wrong with your public diplomacy. so i think we've fixed that problem. but we certainly don't have indication that the north koreans are serious about picking us up on this and by the way, the chinese pushed the idea that even if we can't have diplomatic recognition, recognition on the part of the u.s. and other countries and north korea is indeed a state, indeed a nation state, if we can't have that immediately, can we have the solution that china had for a number of years which was to open a u.s. liaison office in pyongyang so the chinese came to us with that idea. they had a good experience with it and we said great. we'd be prepared to look seriously at that. the north koreans weren't interested in having a u.s. facility in downtown pyongyang. what they said we were interested in was recognition. we could do that but only in the context of denuclearization. host: let me go back to ben. follow-up on

do the north koreans have that capability? >> they have the capability of developing a nuclear weapon. they have an estimated three to six nuclear bombs already. that's different from developing a technology, a nuclear bomb small enough to fit on the top of a rocket and travel a long distance. and they certainly don't have that technology as yet. >> woodruff: they certainly don't? >> do not. >> woodruff: how far are they? >> i can't say. i just don't know. >> woodruff: in other words what they have now is not small enough, isn't the right size, the right technical specifications to work with that kind of missile? >> that's certainly as far as we know. quite frankly, of course, the north korean government and society is a very secretive one so we don't know everything that's happening. but we were able to monitor the nuclear tests. we are able to monitor the missile launches and that's the best estimates we have, that they haven't developed the technology to deliver a bomb a long distance. >> woodruff: since we have to engage i

cedably and we will be working in that direction. >> warner: three perspectives now on the failed north korean test. charles vick is a ballistic missile expert and senior technical analyst for globalsecurity.org, which assesses weapons programs. and joining him, two former diplomats with long experience dealing with north korea. christopher hill, a career foreign service officer headed the u.s. delegation to the six- party talks with north korea in 2009. he is now the dean of the university of denver's josef korbel school of international studies. and joel witt spent 15 years in the state department and served in several u.s. delegations negotiating with north korea in the 1990s. he is now a visiting fellow at the u.s.-korea institute at johns hopkins university's school of advanced international studies. welcome to you all. charles vick, let me begin with you. this rocket didn't even get as far as their last rocket launch in 2009. what went wrong? >> what went wrong was a series of events. basically it was a classic maximum dynamic pressure failure which the vehicle is just shaken apart. and

north korean officials intend to fire off the rocket between april 12 and 16. they have invited experts from around the world to watch the launch. space officials say they are inviting foreigners to soften international criticism. >>> a north korean official reiterated the launch would be to send a weather satellite into space. the head of the north american affairs bureau held informal talks in germany with former u.s. secretary of state, thomsz pickering. they attended a seminar. lee told reporters an airport in berlin, he described the talks with the u.s. as calm. he also said a weather observation satellite would help agriculture. a german researcher who attended the seminar said north korea showed no intention of cancelling the launch. the united states opposed the unchnd threatened to withdrawal an offer of food aid. >>> investors are starting off on a good note. wall street brokers went higher. we have more details. good morning. >> good morning, kathryn. as far the dow jones, it hit the highest since december 2007. it closed at 13,264. again, that is th

north korea. they do because they must. >> we lost 50,000 americans in the korean war in the 50's. what was this war about? what was south korea compared to north korea. >> they were poor and recovering from the ravages of world war ii. that war -- the united states divided the penninsula in the wake of world war ii. the south was a military dictatorship aligned with the united states. the north was aligned with russia. kim il-sung emerged in north korea. he, over several years, he modeled his state after stalin's state. in 1951. it made some real progress. there was a counterattack. the united nation sources. and the same line was returned. north korea remained aligned with russia. it became increasingly isolated and cruel as time went by. kim ill-sung had a grassroots support. when he died in 1984, people wept. his son, the first hereditary dictator in a communist state, kim jong-il, was less popular. but he was shrewd and cruel. the camps became increasingly important. the population grew. there are indications with this third kim family leader, jim jong-un, who is 28, 29 years o

the statement goes on to say that the united states remains vigilant in the face of north korean provocations and is fully committed to the security of our allies in the region. the president has been clear, the statement says, that he is prepared to engage constructively with north korea. although, he has insisted that north korea live up to its own commitments, adhere to its international obligations, and deal peacefully with its neighbors. north korea, it says, is only further isolating itself by engaging in provocative acts and is wasting its money on weapons and propaganda displace, while the north korean people go hungry. north korea's long-standing development of missiles in pursuit of nuclear weapons have not brought it security and never will. north korea will only show strength and find security by abiding by international laws, living up to its obligations, and by working to feed its is citizens, to educate its children, and to win the trust of its neighbors. and this is the kind of language that we've been hearing from this administration leading up to this launch. clearly a conde

united nations officials consider new sanctions on north korean companies. officials are weighing whether to freeze the assets of more companies affiliated with pyongyang. they're expected to choose the firms within two weeks. the security council adopted a presidential statement on monday, condemning the launch of what it called a satellite using ballistic missile technology. the statement calls for additional groups and supplies to be added to the sanctions list. the council's sanctions committee discussed how to handle the list of candidate companies submitted by the united states, japan and others. the committee chairman said he expects more member states to submit lists of their own. >> i'll tell you a number of companies have, and it's an ongoing protest. i think more suggestions will arrive. >> he said the committee will study the list over the next two weeks and select the firms to be targeted. >>> the north korean leader kim jung-un carried his first public comments. kim said that a nation cannot defend its right to autonomy and survival without ade

the north korean government also views its missile test as a trump card in negotiations with the u.s. analysts also suspect north korea hopes to use missile technology exports as a source of revenue. >> earlier yuko aotani spoke on the latest development in korea who studies and teaches on the issues at the national institute for policy studies, or g.r. p.s., in tokyo. >> one size says this is the rocket and the other says this is the missile launch. what is your opinion? >> north korea is likely to mount what they call a satellite on a missile. but i cannot say for certain whether it's really a satellite or not. the rocket itself is believed to be a variant of the taepodong 2 ballistic missile. an important point will be whether the north succeeds at putting a so-called satellite into orbit. previous attempts have failed. in 2009 the first and second stages of the booster ew well but the third one did not separate. if north korea succeeds this time in putting the satellite into orbit, it will mean the country is capable of delivering a lightweight payload to the continental united st

instead, it criticizes the u.s., south korea and japan for violating what the north koreans call their right to use space for peaceful purposes. the united nations security council concluded the launch used ballistic missile technology and contra venned u.n. resolutions. >>> u.n. secretary general ban ki-moon has urged them not to go ahead with a nuclear test and said they should focus on addressing humanitarian issues. >> i renew my call on dprk authorities to build confidence with neighboring countries and improve the lives of its people who face a series of food and nuneeds. >> ban warned north korean leaders against any further provocations, including launches using ballistic missile technology or nuclear tests. security analysts believe the north koreans may react to international criticism by conducting a nuclear test. >>> poverty, pollution and corruption. these are just some of the challenges facing china. up till now, the job of tackling issues like this has been left up to ngo groups. but they are finding it increasingly hard to keep their activities going. nhk world has more