People In Pyongyang Dance To Celebrate NK’s Successful Rocket Launch

North Korean youths dance before the Pyongyang Grand Theatre in Pyongyang, North Korea, to celebrate a rocket launch on Wednesday, Dec. 12, 2012. North Korea appeared to successfully fire a long-range rocket Wednesday, defying international warnings as the regime of Kim Jong Un pushes forward with its quest to develop the technology needed to deliver a nuclear warhead. <AP/NEWSis/Jon Chol Jin>

Female members of a North Korean military band perform in celebration of the country’s rocket launch in Pyongyang, North Korea Wednesday, Dec. 12, 2012. <AP/NEWSis/Kyodo News>

South Korean President Lee Myung-bak (C) convenes a National Security Council meeting in Seoul, South Korea, Dec. 12, 2012. The Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK) on Wednesday successfully launched and orbited a satellite, the official news agency KCNA reported. <Xinhua/YONHAP>

Japan’s Defense Minister Satoshi Morimoto, center, talks during a meeting with the ministry’s top officials at the defense ministry in Tokyo, Wednesday, Dec. 12, 2012. <AP/NEWSis/Itsuo Inouye>