A rocket launched by North Korea to deploy the country's second spy satellite exploded shortly after liftoff, state media reported, in a setback for leader Kim Jong Un's hopes to field satellites to monitor the US and South Korea.
exploded shortly after liftoff, state media reported, in a setback for leader Kim Jong Un's hopes to field satellites to monitor the US and South Korea.
The North's official Korean Central News Agency said it launched a spy satellite aboard a new rocket at its main northwestern space centre. Earlier on Monday, North Korea had notified Japan's coast guard about its plans to launch "a satellite rocket", with a warning to exercise caution in the waters between the Korean Peninsula and China and east of the main Philippine island of Luzon during a launch window from Monday through June 3.Japanese Defence Minister Minoru Kihara called the North's launch "a serious challenge to the entire world".
Some observers say that North Korea's satellite launch on the first day of its eight-day window might have been aimed at casting a chill over the Seoul-Beijing-Tokyo meeting and registering its displeasure with China.
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