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| North Korea ballistic missile test 'fails' | North Korea ballistic missile test 'fails' |
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| Reports from South Korea say the North has again tested a banned missile, with the launch ending in failure. | Reports from South Korea say the North has again tested a banned missile, with the launch ending in failure. |
| South Korean media reports say the rocket is a powerful, intermediate-range model called the Musudan. | South Korean media reports say the rocket is a powerful, intermediate-range model called the Musudan. |
| Four other missiles tested in the last two months are reported to have either exploded mid-air or crashed. | Four other missiles tested in the last two months are reported to have either exploded mid-air or crashed. |
| North Korea, which is pursuing a nuclear weapons programme, is banned by UN resolutions from any use of ballistic missile technology. | North Korea, which is pursuing a nuclear weapons programme, is banned by UN resolutions from any use of ballistic missile technology. |
| Surrounding countries had detected preparations for a launch in the past few days and warned that it was about to happen. | |
| The Musudan has a reported range of 3,000km (1,800 miles) - enough for it to hit South Korea, Japan and the US base of Guam. | |
| North Korea is thought to have about 50 of them but has yet to demonstrate that they actually work, the BBC's Korea correspondent, Steve Evans, reports. | |
| North Korea's opponents had watched with trepidation as a truck with the missile was moved into a launching position. | |
| Japan said it would shoot it down if its trajectory was over the country. | |
| The failure illustrates the technological difficulties North Korea faces as it develops a nuclear arsenal and the means to attack distant targets, our correspondent says. | |
| Repeated testing also illustrates a determination to succeed, he adds. |