Read through your and the other guys comments and it is very easy to figure out where opinions was formed.  While there is a few facts in there they seem to be clouded with racist and biased opinions formed around what you all dislike about america

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_North_Korean_missile_tests

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Seth, ROC's Naro-1 had a lot of failures as well before it was successfully launched. It's quite normal. Besides article you're referring to isn't full, second launch in December, 2012 was successful.

Was that the one that put the satellite into orbit which quickly lost control and fell out of orbit?   They can't even keep a satellite in orbit.  Grats to them to finally make it to orbit.

That's a problem of satellite not a rocket, rocket did it's job. Besides you seem to underestimate what huge role failures have played in the early era of space age, compare it to a history of Soviet and US space programs before their working horses have achieved >95% reliability rate :) DPRK rockets might be sucky but ROK rockets are equally as sucky then.

Actually, I was wrong it didn't fall out of orbit.  It is just out of control now which it could slam into another satellite.  Yea, early rockets during the 50s and 60s sucked because it was the birth of the industry.  If it wasn't for the Germans everyone would probably be a lot further behind than they are now.  Basically, USA and Soviets took all the top German scientist and put them to work in the space program (the ones involved with V1/V2 rockets).  I am sure you already know this but if anyone deserves credit for space exploration it is the Germans.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_North_Korean_missile_tests

2012 North Korean satellite rocket launch  exploded 90 secs after launch, 2006 North Korean missile test failed 42 secs after launch

"You probably already know that North Korea has a long history of firing long-range missiles into the air, with mixed success. The country first showed off its aeronautical prowess—as much as a secretive authoritarian regime can—in 1998 with a Taepodong-1 rocket. Neither the rocket nor its satellite payload reached orbit. The country's second attempt in 2006 ended 40 seconds after liftoff when the Taepodong-2 rocket exploded. For its third attempt in 2009, North Korean engineers created a more advanced version of the Taepodong-2, known as the Unha-2 ("Galaxie-2"), but its third-stage engine failed to ignite and the entire assembly crashed into the Pacific Ocean. And in April of last year, North Korea's latest rocket iteration, the Unha-3, also "failed to reach orbit".

In early December, though, North Korea's Unha-3 launch found moderate success. Which is a little terrifying, given its presumed specs and capabilities. While they can't be independently verified, we do know that it too is a three-stage rocket, based on the Unha-2 design, measuring about 105 feet tall and eight feet in diameter. Its primary stage engine carries 80,000 kg of fuel, its second stage carries an additional 7,000 kg, and its final stage shot a 220-pound weather satellite, the Kwangmyongsong-3, into polar orbit. A satellite which quickly, hilariously, and dangerously spun out of control."

"It will be years before the country can make a nuclear device that's small enough to fit on a ballistic missile, and years more until it has enough confidence in its launches to guarantee a direct hit."

http://gizmodo.com/5989194/could-north-korea-really-hit-us-with-a-nuke

"The American intelligence community assessment is that North Korea remains some years from achieving the capability to threaten the continental U.S. with a nuclear device small enough to fit on a ballistic missile, though it may pose a nuclear threat to its regional neighbors sooner.

South Korea said after last month’s test that it doubts Kim Jong Un’s regime has perfected the miniaturization technology. "

http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2013-03-07/north-korea-makes-nuclear-threat-ahead-of-un-sanctions-vote.html

You ask me for evidence to back up my claim and I have.  What sources do you have?  None

I doubt that, look what happend to you guys in Vietnam