Top political leaders said the botched May 31 launch, which was meant to put a military spy satellite in orbit, had been “irresponsibly” planned.
Tag: North Korea
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South Korea’s False Evacuation Alert Causes Chaos
South Koreans said the alert, which was triggered by a North Korean rocket launch, showed that their country was unprepared to respond to a real emergency.
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North Korean Rocket Triggers ‘False-Alarm’ Evacuation Order in South Korea
The North has said its space rocket will carry a spy satellite, the country’s first, that will allow it to watch its enemies in the region more closely.
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Why North Korea’s Princess Will Never Wear Kim Jong-un’s Crown
Routine missile tests aren’t generating the headlines he craves, so Kim Jong-un is tapping his daughter’s global star power.
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‘Lord Commander’ of the DMZ Has Seen It All on the Korean Frontier
He faced off with North Korean troops, helped prepare for the Trump-Kim summit and witnessed some of the most hair-raising — and bizarre — moments on the world’s most heavily armed border.