A monitor in Tokyo shows J-Alert or National Early Warning System to the residents in Okinawa, southern Japan. Photo / Kyodo News
North Korea said today that its attempt to launch the country’s first spy satellite has failed.
In a statement published on state media, North Korea said a rocket carrying the spy satellite crashed into waters off the Korean Peninsula’s western coast after it lost thrust following the separation
of its first and second stages.
It said scientists were examining the cause of the failure.
South Korea’s military earlier said the North Korean rocket had “an abnormal flight” before it fell in the waters.
North Korea yesterday confirmed plans to launch its first military spy satellite and described such capacities as crucial for monitoring the United States’ “reckless” military exercises with rival South Korea.
