North Korea. The ruling party writes about “the most serious defeat”. Kim Jong Un scolded the officials

Kim Jong Un revealed a few months ago that North Korea is working on a program aimed at deploying an entire network of its own spy satellites in orbit. In this way, the dictator wants to increase the country’s intelligence capabilities. , met with people responsible for the project and announced the imminent launch of the first satellite.

The satellite fell into the sea. “The Greatest Failure”

At a meeting of the North Korean Workers’ Party committee, the failed attempt to launch a satellite into space was called “the most powerful failure”, the Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) wrote. The DPRK government reviewed the event and ordered scientists working on the satellite to look for problems and prepare for another launch attempt. Kim Jong Un and his politicians also allegedly “bitterly criticized” officials who “irresponsibly carried out preparations for the launch.” North Korea is already working on another copy of its own spy satellite.

The meeting, at which – to the surprise of Western observers – the country from the northern part of the peninsula unexpectedly admitted defeat, was used to strike at South Korea and the US. North Korea said it opposed the US’s actions, which it called “American strategy for world supremacy” and expressed concern about the “extremely deteriorating security situation” in the region. KCNA cited joint military exercises of the Americans with allies from the southern part of the Korean Peninsula as the reason for this concern. Labor Party officials were also said to have approved action plans that were not made public and to promise further development of North Korea’s nuclear arsenal. As Reuters wrote last week, just after the end of joint military exercises between Washington and Seoul, two short-range missiles, which were called the “inevitable response.” US in response to two North Korean officials.

The DPRK’s first attempt to launch a spy satellite has prompted security services in South Korea and Japan to issue warnings to residents in Seoul and the Japanese city of Okinawa. NATO called the launch “very dangerous” and stressed that North Korea had violated a number of UN Security Council resolutions, but the latter had already said it would conduct another launch attempt “as soon as possible.” Shortly after separation of the first and second stages, the rocket carrying the artificial satellite lost thrust and crashed in the waters of the Yellow Sea. Its remains, together with most likely elements of the unit, were then fished out by the South Korean army. The device was supposed to observe the actions of the US troops and possibly increase the ability to attack distant targets.