Picture released by South Korea's defense ministry on Dec. 23, 2012 shows the debris from a long-range rocket recently launched by the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK). After analyzing debris from the first stage of a long-range rocket recently launched by the DPRK, South Korea on Dec. 23, 2012 claimed that the rocket launch was intended to develop intercontinental ballistic missile technology, according to the defense ministry in Seoul. [Xinhua]