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North Korean rocket launch raising eyebrows and fears

North Korea has announced that it’s preparing to launch a long-range rocket. The launch is raising fears that the long-range rocket technology, with a theoretical range of over four thousand miles, could eventually be used to target Alaska.

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North Korea has announced that it’s preparing to launch a long-range rocket. While North Korea swears it is just carrying a communications satellite, the launch is raising fears that the long-range rocket technology, with a theoretical range of over four thousand miles, could eventually be used to target Alaska. For more, the BBC’s Jon Sudworth joins us from Seoul, South Korea.