북한 "정찰위성 발사 3단계 비행중 오류로 또 실패 10월에 3차"
Early this morning North Korea made its second attempt at launching its first spy satellite which also ended up in failure.
South Korea immediately convened a National Security Council condemning the North for violating UN Security Council resolutions.
Our North Korean affairs correspondent Lee Rae-hyun has more.
Pyongyang's second attempt to put a satellite in orbit took place at around 3:50 AM on Thursday.
The North's Korea Central News Agency said that the flight's first and second stages of the rocket were normal but during the third stage it failed due to an error in the emergency blasting system.
The North Korean National Aerospace Development Administration said it will explain the reason for the error soon adding that a third attempt will likely come in October.
Multiple Japanese news outlets said that Japan’s Coast Guard had earlier presumed that the launch could have been a ballistic missile adding that it separated into pieces which landed in the West Sea, East China Sea, and the Pacific Ocean near the Philippines.
South Korea's Joint Chiefs of Staff said that it detected the rocket flying above international waters off the Korean Peninsula’s west coast after its launch from the North’s northwestern Tongchang-ri area where the main space launch center is located.
"South Korea will continue high-intensity Seoul-Washington joint military drills while closely monitoring Pyongyang's further actions."
Seoul's military officials also said they are currently in the process of retrieving the satellite body and the wreckage that has fallen in the West Sea.
Meanwhile, officials from the South's Defense Ministry and other related officials attended the National Security Council meeting at around 6 AM.
Members of the council strongly condemned the launch and said that it clearly violates the UN Security Council resolutions.
President Yoon Suk Yeol also ordered officials to brace for any additional provocations by North Korea and share the analysis result with Washington and Tokyo.
He also asked to promptly carry out what had been pledged in the Camp David trilateral summit earlier such as sharing missile alert information in real-time and strengthening defense ties for missile provocations.
U.S. State Department also agreed that the failed launch was a violation of the UN Security Council resolutions and urged Pyongyang to stop illicit and threatening activities.
Washington added that it still pursues dialogue without preconditions with North Korea.
Lee Rae-hyun, Arirang News.
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2023-08-24, 12:00 (KST)
