SEOUL: North Korea hailed an “epochal event” but its latest long-range rocket launch Sunday sparked international anger and plans for talks on a US missile defence system for the peninsula.
Pyongyang’s state TV announced the nation successfully put a satellite into orbit, “legitimately exercising the right to use space for independent and peaceful purposes”.
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