North Korea's rocket crashes into sea

North Korea’s much-anticipated rocket launch ended in failure, splintering into pieces over the Yellow Sea soon after lift-off.

North Korea's rocket crashes into sea

North Korea’s much-anticipated rocket launch ended in failure, splintering into pieces over the Yellow Sea soon after lift-off.

The reclusive communist state admitted today in an announcement on state TV that a satellite launched hours earlier from the west coast failed to enter into orbit. The US and South Korea also declared the launch a failure.

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