North Korea launches rocket in defiance of warnings

12 December 2012 Last updated at 13:54 ET Help

North Korea has defied international warnings with an apparently successful launch of its rocket.

The rocket, launched at 09:49 local time (00:49 GMT), appears to have followed its planned trajectory, with stages falling in expected areas.

Damian Grammaticas reports from Beijing.

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