North Korea told Japan’s coast guard on Monday that it planned to launch a satellite between May 31 and June 11. On Wednesday morning it turned out that the attempt had already been made, but the satellite fell into the sea off the west coast of the Korean peninsula and disappeared from radar.
An anti-aircraft alert has been issued in Seoul, the capital of South Korea. People woke up to sirens. After 20 minutes it turned out not to be necessary.
– I do not believe that there will be a war, but after the war in Ukraine, I began to think that North Korea or China might attack Korea. [Południową] the 33-year-old Seoul resident told the BBC.
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South Korea’s Joint Chiefs of Staff said in a statement that the satellite rocket was launched at 6:30 a.m. local time from the country’s northwestern Dongchang-ri region, home to South Korea’s main space launch site.
“Violation of UN Resolutions”
The United States, along with South Korea and Japan, condemned the missile launch, calling it a “heinous violation” of several UN Security Council resolutions.
“The door to diplomacy is not closed, but Pyongyang must immediately cease provocations and choose engagement instead,” national security spokesman Adam Hodge said.
He added that the US would take “all necessary measures” to protect itself and its allies.
UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres also condemned the move.
Hours after the rocket launch, the South Korean military announced that it was recovering the remains of the satellite that fell into the Yellow Sea.
A military spy satellite is one of several high-tech weapons systems North Korean dictator Kim Jong Un wants to introduce to his military, in defiance of UN resolutions, along with multiple cruise missiles, a nuclear submarine, and intercontinental ballistic missiles. missile and a hypersonic missile.
Source: BBC, PAP
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