Tag: North Korea

Tweet of the Day: North Korea Waiting to Punish U.S. and the ROK

North Korea Believe to Have Executed a 2nd Attempted Satellite Launch; Japan Issues J-Alert Message

No word yet if the North Koreans were successful at putting their satellite into orbit:

North Korea launched a long-range rocket in a southern direction on Thursday, South Korea’s military said, in the North’s likely second attempt to put a satellite into orbit.

South Korea’s Joint Chiefs of Staff said in a statement that the launch involved what the North called “a space launch vehicle.” It gave no further details.

On Tuesday, Japan’s coast guard said North Korean authorities notified it about a plan to launch a satellite at some time from Aug. 24 through Aug. 30. Coast guard spokesperson Hiromune Kikuchi said the notice didn’t specify the type of satellite, but that he believed it would be similar to a May launch by North Korea.

In late May, a North Korean rocket carrying a spy satellite plunged into the sea soon after liftoff, posing a setback to leader Kim Jong Un’s push to establish a space-based surveillance system to better monitor the U.S. and South Korea. North Korea had since vowed to make a second attempt.

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Picture of the Day: Kim Jong-un Inspects Naval Ship

N.K. leader inspects cruise missile test
N.K. leader inspects cruise missile test
This undated photo, released by North Korea’s official Korean Central News Agency on Aug. 21, 2023, shows North Korean leader Kim Jong-un (R) inspecting the Guards 2nd Surface Ship Flotilla of the East Sea Fleet of North Korea’s navy, which conducted a test launch of strategic cruise missiles. The test was apparently made in a bid to respond to South Korea and the United States’ joint annual military exercise, the Ulchi Freedom Shield (UFS), which kicked off Aug. 21 for an 11-day run. (Yonhap)

North Korea Announces that It Plans to Launch Satellite By August 31st

North Korea must be confident they have fixed whatever issue plagued their last satellite launch and are ready to try again apparently over the next week:

North Korea has notified Japan of its plan to launch a satellite between Thursday and Aug. 31, according to a Japanese news report, as the country seeks to put a spy satellite into orbit following its failure in May.

The North informed Japan’s coast guard of its plan to designate three maritime danger zones — two of which are west of the Korean Peninsula and the other is to the east of the Philippines’ island of Luzon, Japan’s Kyodo News reported Tuesday.

“The plan is believed to be a retry of a military reconnaissance satellite launch North Korea attempted in May, but that ended in failure,” it added.

The North launched its first military spy satellite, the Malligyong-1, mounted on a new type of rocket named the Chollima-1, on May 31. But the rocket crashed into the Yellow Sea after an “abnormal starting” of the second-stage engine, according to the North’s state media.

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Tweet of the Day: North Korean Authorities Investigate Medical Device Factory

Picture of the Day: North Korean Farm Land Damaged By Typhoon

N.K. leader inspects typhoon-hit area
N.K. leader inspects typhoon-hit area
This photo, provided by North Korea’s official Korean Central News Agency on Aug. 14, 2023, shows farmland damaged by Typhoon Khanun in the North Korean county of Anbyon, Kangwon Province. North Korean leader Kim Jong-un inspected the area. (Yonhap) 

U.N. Announces Sanctions Exemption to Provide Humanitarian Aid to North Korea

Why is the U.N. providing North Korea any aid? I don’t care if it is just tents, the Kim regime has money to build nuclear weapons, ICBMs, submarines, etc., but can’t buy their own tents?:

A U.N. Security Council panel has approved sanctions exemptions for the World Health Organization (WHO) allowing the delivery of tents into North Korea, its website showed Saturday.

On July 20, the U.N. committee overseeing sanctions approved the waiver on the importation of five “multipurpose” tents into the North for humanitarian relief to civilians to help cope with flood, drought and other emergencies, according to the U.N. website.

The exemption will be valid for nine months, the committee said.

It remains unclear when the items will be delivered to the North, as the reclusive country maintains border controls due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

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Tweet of the Day: North Korea Prioritizes Safety of Leaders’ Portraits from Typhoon

Tweet of the Day: North Korea Promotes Golf Competition

Tweet of the Day: North Korea Hacked Russian Arms Company for ICBM Research

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