North Korea has launched a long-range rocket which it claims is carrying 'a satellite'.
The launch was made in defiance of United Nations sanctions barring Pyongyang from using ballistic missile technology.
The US strongly condemned the event as a "destabilising and provocative action".
An emergency meeting of UN Security Council members is to be held to agree a collective response.
South Korean President Park Geun-hye described North Korea's long-range rocket launch on Sunday as "an unforgivable act of provocation" and called on the UN Security Council to swiftly adopt strong sanctions.
Park said the North was trying to make advances in its missile capability only to sustain its regime.
North Korea's state television said there will be a special broadcast about Pyongyang's rocket launch at noon (local time).
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