North Korea Launches Missile

They got the rubber and all wound up. Success not guaranteed.

South Korea says North Korea has fired a long-range rocket in a defiant move just days ahead of South Korea's presidential election.

It was the second rocket launch under leader Kim Jong Un. Kim took power following his father Kim Jong Il's death one year ago.

It wasn't immediately clear if the rocket launch Wednesday morning succeeded. A similar launch in April broke apart shortly after liftoff.