Suspected North Korean satellite launch may have failed, South Korea and Japan say

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Open this photo in gallery: A TV screen shows a file image of a North Korean rocket launch, in Seoul, South Korea, on May 27.Ahn Young-joon/The Associated Press North Korea launched a rocket believed to be carrying a military reconnaissance satellite on Monday, but the launch vehicle may have failed in flight, South Korea’s military and Japanese media reported. North Korea fired the projectile on a southern path off its west coast at around 10:44 p.m. (1344 GMT), the South’s Joint Chiefs of Staff said, hours after Pyongyang said it would be launching a satellite some time before June 4....