TY  - BOOK
TI  - North Korea launches rocket, renounces talks
PY  - 2009///
KW  - KOREA
KW  -  ROCKET
KW  -  MISSILE
KW  -  NUCLEAR
N2  - North Korea fired a three stage rocket April 5, defying calls by the United States and countries in the region not to take such an action. Pyongyang provided international agencies with information on where the rocket's first two stages were expected to land in the Sea of Japan and the Pacific Ocean.  The statement fell short of a new resolution sought by the United States and Japan, those countries did appear to win concessions from China and Russia to declare that the launch contravened resolution 1718 and levy sanctions under that resolution
ER  -