North Korea says it plans to launch a rocket carrying a satellite this month . Other countries say the launch is a cover for a ballistic missile test . The idea is that the U.S. negotiators , having conducted months of painstaking preliminary work including with the Chinese and the South Koreans , somehow failed to nail down a clear pledge from the North Koreans , to the effect that a so-called space launch would be on the proscribed list . Hill : U.S. will work closely with its regional partners to resolve the crisis . The collapse of an earlier deal hints at internal struggles in North Korea , Hill says .
North Korea says it plans to launch a rocket carrying a satellite this month . Other countries say the launch is a cover for a ballistic missile test . Hill : U.S. will work closely with its regional partners to resolve the crisis . The collapse of an earlier deal hints at internal struggles in North Korea , Hill says .