North Korea
Pentagon says NK rocket poses no danger to US, allies
Feb. 7, 2016
The United States is tracking a North Korean long-range rocket, but it does not pose a threat to the U.S. or its allies, a Defense Department official said Saturday."We are tracking it. It does not pose a danger to the U.S. or allies. We will provide an update soon," the Pentagon official told Yonhap News Agency by phone on the condition of anonymity.The North fired the rocket from its northwest Dongchang-ri launch site at 9:30 a.m. (Korean time), one month after its fourth nuclear test, sending