North Korea Prepares for Rocket Launch
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North Korea's Unha-3 rocket, slated for liftoff between April 12-16, stands at Sohae Satellite Station in Tongchang-ri, North Korea. North Korean space officials have moved a long-range rocket into position for the controversial satellite launch, vowing to push ahead in defiance of international warnings against violating a ban on missile activity.
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A North Korean soldier stands guard in front of the Unha-3 rocket.
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North Korean soldiers check journalists as they arrive at the Tongchang-ri space center in North Phyongan Province. North Korea is counting down to the 100th anniversary of its founder Kim Il-Sung's birth on April 15 with top-level meetings and a controversial rocket launch scheduled in coming days to bolster his grandson's credentials.
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North Korean technicians work at the control room of the Tongchang-ri space center. North Korea's long-range rocket is on its launch platform, as the regime again insisted it was to send a peaceful satellite and not a missile. The usually secretive North Korea organized an unprecedented visit for foreign reporters to Tongchang-ri space center in an effort to show its Unha-3 rocket is not a disguised ballistic missile, as claimed by the U.S. and its allies.
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A North Korean soldier tries to keep order as journalists gather around the satellite that officials say will be launched with the country's Unha-3 rocket.
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A North Korean technician speaks to journalists during the presentation of the satellite Kwangmyongsong-3.
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North Koreans soldiers march along a rural road heading to North Phyongan Province, about 35 miles south of the border town of Sinuiju along North Korea's west coast. North Korean officials escorted a group of international media by train from Pyongyang to see the country's Unha-3 rocket.
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The North Korean Unha-3 rocket stands at the Tongchang-ri space center
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