North Korean launch condemned

U.N. considers new sanctions in response

Scientists and technicians control the launch of North Korea’s Unha-3 rocket at the General Satellite Control and Command Center on Wednesday in Pyongyang, North Korea. North Korea successfully fired the long-range rocket on Wednesday, defying international warnings as the regime of Kim Jong U...

UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The U.N. Security Council condemned North Korea’s successful rocket launch on Wednesday and said it will urgently consider “an appropriate response.”

Whether that response includes new sanctions against the North, which the United States an...

Published: 12/13/2012