A joke circulating among officials in Beijing pretty much underlines the bind China is in over North Korea's plans to send a satellite into space.

North Korea's young ruler Kim Jong-un phones a Chine

North Korean space officials have moved all three stages of a long-range rocket into position for a controversial launch, vowing Sunday to push ahead with their plan in defiance of international warni

China on Saturday successfully sent a French-made high power communication and broadcasting satellite into orbit.

A Long March-3B carrier rocket launched the satellite 'APSTAR-7' from the southweste

North Korea test-fired two short-range missiles off its west coast this week amid international alarm at its planned long-range rocket launch, South Korean newspapers said on Friday.

The North fired

North Korea may have the bomb, but it hasn't perfected ways to put one onto a missile that could strike faraway enemies like the United States.

This is why Pyongyang's announcement that it will launc

Japan will deploy missile interceptors on a southern island chain ahead of a planned North Korean satellite launch in April, Japanese broadcaster NHK reported on Tuesday.

The defense ministry will ta

North Korea says it will go ahead with plans to launch an observation satellite into space and that criticism of it is provocative.

North Korea said on Friday it would launch the satellite on a rock

Japan launched a new spy satellite into orbit today amid concerns over North Korea's missile programme and to monitor natural disasters in the region.

The Japanese H-2A rocket carrying an informatio

Amid requests from various countries for launch of their satellites, India has decided to set up one more launch site to expand its capacity in this aspect.

At a meeting held by the Prime Ministe

India's advanced communication satellite GSAT-8, which is aimed at augmenting direct to home TV broadcast services, was on Saturday successfully launched by Arianespace from Kourou in French Guiana.