Much anticipated North Korean rocket launch fails

The highly anticipated launch of a rocket in North Korea failed this Friday after the rocket disintegrated over the Yellow Sea minutes after it took off.

Pyongyang kept on insisting that the launch was an attempt to place a satellite into orbit but many critics suggest that it was only a covert test of a long-range missile technology.

In an unusual move, North Korea – which claims success for a 2009 satellite launch which others say failed – admitted the failure of Friday’s launch on state television. 

However, North Koreans are very positive about the whole event despite it being a failure.

“Even big countries like Russia and the US only succeeded in launching a satellite after many failures. Although we failed to launch one this time, I’m proud that we were able to try,” one woman said.

Another added: “Success and failure are two sides of the same coin, I think.”

North Korea claims that the launch was actually part of celebrations to mark the 100^th anniversary of the late founding president Kim Il-sung.

However, despite the launch being failure, many have condemned North Korea’s actions. In South Korea, demonstrators launched a fake missile in a bid to show their criticism towards North Korea.

Many analysts fear that the possibility of a nuclear test is now hight. “The UN Security Council will likely issue an official rebuke,” said Toshimitsu Shigemura, Professor of International Relations at Waseda University in Tokyo.

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Posted by Taimoor Tariq on Apr 13 2012. Filed under World. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0. You can leave a response or trackback to this entry