North Korea confirms rocket explodes just after lift-off but West and neighbours still angry at breach of missile test agreements .
North Korea may not launch its so called weather satellite on Thursday due to poor weather conditions.
Pyongyang prepares alleged weather satellite launch but US and South Korea claim rocket is ballistic missile.
US ambassador to the United Nations Susan Rice said test would be blatant violation of international obligations under Security Council resolutions.
North Korea is planning a third nuclear test, according to reports.
World leaders concerned over possibility of nuclear weapons falling into hands of terrorists.
Obama spent ten minutes at the viewing platform peering in to the highly fortified North Korean border through the binoculars.
Obama is in South Korea as part of the global summit on nuclear security in Seoul, beginning on Monday.
Japan has threatened to intercept any North Korean rocket launched over its territory.
Punishments of six months labour camps are apparently given to those who did not attend the orchestrated crying sessions or did not seem genuine at the organised crying events.
Kim Jong-il funeral service ignored by foreign dignitaries apart from China.
The next head of the nuclear state, Kim Jong-un was said to be educated in a school on the outskirts of Bern under a false name “Pak Un”.
A timeline of important events in the deceased Kim Jong-il's life which shaped North Korea's political landscape.