NSC Meeting Chaired by National Security Advisor Following North Korea's Reconnaissance Satellite Launch... Condemning Provocation

North Korea Officially Announces Failure of Second 'Military Reconnaissance Satellite' Launch

The Presidential Office held an Emergency Standing Committee meeting of the National Security Council (NSC) immediately after North Korea's suspected ballistic missile launch provocation on the 24th. The Presidential Office has been conducting the meeting since 6 a.m. that day, chaired by National Security Office Director Cho Tae-yong.

Earlier, the Joint Chiefs of Staff announced that at around 3:50 a.m. that day, they detected one "North Korean claimed space launch vehicle" launched from the Dongchang-ri area in Pyonganbuk-do, North Korea, heading southward and passing over international waters west of Ieodo.

North Korea also officially announced that its second military reconnaissance satellite launched that day had failed. North Korea's Korean Central News Agency reported, "The National Aerospace Development Administration conducted the second launch of the reconnaissance satellite 'Malligyong-1' from the West Sea Satellite Launching Station in Cholsan County, Pyonganbuk-do, using the new satellite carrier rocket 'Chollima-1'." It added, "The first and second stages of the new satellite carrier rocket Chollima-1 flew normally, but an error occurred in the emergency explosion system during the third stage flight, resulting in failure."

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