North Korea puts brave face on centenary celebrations

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Back to our top story a major embarrassment for North Korea the Communist regime defying world leaders.

Launching a long range rocket into space but moments after take off.

It's splintered into pieces and fell into the ocean.

Greg pal got -- live on the ground in Pyongyang.

-- -- Greg it was the launch that wasn't the controversial North Korea rocket.

Lifting off early Friday morning from launch said about a hundred miles from where we are and then.

If promptly broke up in the Yellow -- about a -- miles west of Seoul South Korea.

It was so bad a failure that North Korea did something very unusual for the regime.

It admitted it a state television this at the satellite failed to make orbit and that its scientists were looking into it.

International media here though were not told impersonal though we tried to press very -- a spokesperson here no comment from them.

Washington was talking about a though despite the failure described -- provocative.

And -- and knock on proliferation from North Korea -- suggested that it might not be a good advertisement for North Korean military products.

It's just -- possibly that they would be a suspension in planned.

Food aid regime however is not letting this spoiled their party they -- marking these days that -- binary the birth.

North Korean founder Kim -- song.

Unveiled today alongside a huge statue of the founder and another statue of the sun.

Of that founder the late former leader Kim Jong ill.

Hundreds of thousands of people weren't attendant says at least one thing at the people here still know how to do.

Now officiating.

The son of the grandson of those portrayed the statute came -- -- own.

The embarrassment of that launch failure the folks here are now worried that perhaps he might decide to act out again.

There have been South Korean intelligence reports that there -- preparations for another test of a nuclear device it's not over yet.

Secret account got providing some to -- -- coverage -- live from Pyongyang North Korea Greg.

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