A spokesman for the North Korean National Aerospace Development Administration (NADA), quoted by KCNA, indicated that they would investigate. “failure in detail” and that “scientific and technical measures will be urgently developed to solve them and conduct a second launch as soon as possible after several partial tests.”

Shortly before North Korea’s announcement, the Army of the South had already reported that a launched space rocket had crashed in the Yellow Sea.

“The projectile flew over the sea west of Baengnyeon Island and landed about 200km west of Eocheon Island (50km west of the coast of South Korea and 180km southwest of Seoul) due to an abnormal flight,” the United Committee of Chiefs of Staff of South Korea. JCS) said in a brief statement.

South Korean military sources and the Japanese government also told local media that the missile disappeared from radar before reaching areas where the North Korean regime had warned earlier in the week that various phases of the missile and its fairing could fall.

The North Korean launch triggered an anti-missile alert at approximately 6:30 local time in Seoul and in the Japanese prefecture of Okinawa (southwest), where the projectile was supposed to fly, calling for the possible evacuation of citizens.

The Japanese authorities lifted the warning within twenty minutes after they considered there was no risk of a collision with the country’s territory, and the Seoul metropolitan government also canceled the recommendation to prepare for the evacuation.

The day before, Pionyang confirmed that it will launch a space rocket with a military reconnaissance satellite from Sohe in the coming days in line with the goals of weapons modernization.

Seoul and Tokyo, which called emergency meetings to review the situation, said the launch would in fact be a covert test of ballistic missile technology, punishable by UN sanctions against Pyongyang. EFE. Photo: Reuters.