North Korea recently announced that it was pursuing a "peaceful"
space launch, which it claims was within its rights under
international law. However, officials in the U.S. and South
Korea believed that North Korea had far more sinister intentions
-- testing its Taepodong-2 launch vehicle, which could deploy
nuclear or traditional payloads to the U.S. or Japan North Korea
tried its first Taepodong-2 test in July 2006, only to meet with
failure. Months later, it rocked the world of foreign diplomacy
when it carried out a nuclear test. Talks between the U.S.,
South Korea, Japan, Russia, and China over North Korea's nuclear
disarmament are currently stalled. Eager to try its hand at
another Taepodong-2 test, North Korea launched one over the
weekend, only to fail once again according to the BBC. North
Korea's state run media at first reported that the satellite
payload, named "Kwangmyongsong-2", had successfully reached
orbit and was transmitting data, including the "Song of General
Kim Il-sung" and "Song of Gen