U.N. Security Council calls emergency meeting over North Korean rocket launch

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U.N. Security Council to meet over North Korea rocket - CNN.com

South Korean President Park Geun-hye called the launch a "challenge to world peace," while her government announced it would begin talks with the U.S. to deploy a defense system called Terminal High Altitude Area Defense, which can intercept missiles in flight.

Chinese Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Hua Chunying said that China expressed "regret that DPRK, in spite of the pervasive opposition of the international community, insisted on using ballistic missile technology to carry out a launch."

"This is the second time in just over a month that the DPRK has chosen to conduct a major provocation, threatening not only the security of the Korean peninsula, but that of the region and the United States as well," U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry said in a statement, using the initials of the country's official name, the Democratic People's Republic of Korea.

The Japanese government announced it had lodged a "serious protest" at the action via its embassy.

"This is totally unacceptable," Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe said, promising to "resolutely take measures, acting in cooperation with the international community."

Wary of creating a refugee crisis should Kim's regime collapse, however, it has been unwilling to implement sanctions that would really put a choke on North Korea's economy.

"Sanctions are definitely not the aim," an editorial published Sunday by Chinese state news agency Xinhua said. It did, however, note that Foreign Minister Wang Yi would "continue to exercise strategic composure and play a constructive role in helping seek a solution to the peninsular conundrum."

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Hopefully this all gets figured out.

Sucks though that sanctions would just harm the people not the dictator.

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