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My Profile Top News Reuters top ten news stories delivered to your inbox each day. Subscribe You are here: Home > News > International > Article Home Business & Finance News U.S. Politics International Technology Entertainment Sports Lifestyle Oddly Enough Environment Health Science Special Coverage Video Pictures Your View The Great Debate Blogs Weather Reader Feedback Do More With Reuters RSS Widgets Mobile Podcasts Newsletters Your View Make Reuters My Homepage Partner Services CareerBuilder Affiliate Network Professional Products Support (Customer Zone) Reuters Media Financial Products About Thomson Reuters North Korea launches rocket over Japan Sun Apr 5, 2009 2:50am EDT Email | Print | Share | Reprints | Single Page [-] Text [+] By Linda Sieg and Jack Kim TOKYO/SEOUL (Reuters) - North Korea launched a long-range rocket over Japan on Sunday, drawing swift international condemnation and triggering an emergency meeting of the U.N. Security Council. The reclusive state's official media said a satellite had been successfully launched and was sent into regular orbit. U.S. President Barack Obama said in a statement that North Korea, which tested a nuclear device in 2006, had violated U.N. resolutions and increased its own isolation with what analysts believe was effectively a test of a ballistic missile designed to carry a warhead potentially as far as Alaska. "With this provocative act, North Korea has ignored its international obligations, rejected unequivocal calls for restraint, and further isolated itself from the community of nations," said Obama, who was in Prague on a European tour. In a speech to be delivered in Prague later Obama will commit himself to reducing the U.S. nuclear arsenal, bringing the Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty into force and seeking tough penalties for nuclear rule-breakers, the White House said. The White House also said that Obama will also say he remains committed to six-nation talks to "denuclearize" North Korea. South Korea branded the launch of the rocket a "reckless" act, Japan said it was "extremely regrettable" and the European Union "strongly condemned" Pyongyang's step. China, the nearest the reclusive North has to a major ally, and Russia both called on all sides for calm and restraint. Analysts said the United States and Japan may seek a U.N. resolution condemning the reclusive state's action, but they expect resistance to tougher action such as new sanctions from China. "NEGOTIATING HAND STRENGTHENED" South Korea's Yonhap news agency quoted a government official in Seoul as saying the rocket appeared to have carried a satellite, which Pyongyang had all along insisted was its plan for a launch it flagged would come in an April 4-8 window. Analysts said the launch may bolster North Korean leader Kim Jong-il's authority after a suspected stroke last August raised doubts about his grip on power, and it could strengthen his hand in using military threats to win concessions from global powers. "North Korea is likely to judge that its negotiating position has been strengthened now that it has both the nuclear and missile cards," said Shunji Hiraiwa of Shizuoka Prefectural University in Japan. The United States, South Korea and Japan had said the launch would in reality be a test of the Taepodong-2, which is designed to fly an estimated range of 6,700 km (4,200 miles). Japan said it stopped monitoring the Taepodong-2 rocket after it had passed 2,100 km (1,305 miles) east of Tokyo, indicating the launch had been a success. In its only previous test flight, in July 2006, the rocket blew apart 40 seconds after launch. Continued... View article on single page Share: Del.icio.us Digg Mixx Yahoo! 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