North Koreans Celebrate Rocket Launch
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Photo: KCNA via Reuters
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North Korean scientists work as a screen shows the Unha-3 (Milky Way 3) rocket being launched from a platform at the West Sea Satellite Launch Site in Cholsan County, North Pyongan province in this picture released by the North's official KCNA news agency in Pyongyang on Dec. 12.
North Korea successfully launched a rocket Wednesday to put a satellite in orbit, it said, though other countries like the United States viewed it as a "provocative" move.
