MoreNorth Korea Sends Balloons of Cigarette Butts and Used Toilet Paper Across BorderNorth Korea Seen Pushing Forward With Rocket Launch Plans (SEOUL, South Korea)—North Korea has moved up the window of its planned long-range rocket launch to Feb. 7-14, South Korea’s Defense Ministry said Saturday. The launch, which the North says is an effort to send a satellite into orbit, would be in defiance of repeated warnings by outside governments who suspect it is a banned test of ballistic missile technology. North Korea did not inform international organizations of any other changes in its plan, and the rocket’s expected flight path remains the same, said South Korean Defense Ministry spokesman Moon Sang Gyun. On Tuesday, the North informed the International Maritime Organization and other related organizations that it would attempt a satellite launch between Feb.