Authorities later lifted the calls for evacuation.Ī top North Korean official had said Tuesday that the country needed a space-based reconnaissance system to counter escalating security threats from South Korea and the United States. “Please evacuate into buildings or underground,” the alert said. The Japanese government activated a missile warning system for its Okinawa prefecture in southwestern Japan, believed to be in the path of the rocket. But there were no reports of damages or major disruption and Seoul later lifted the alert. The South’s capital city of Seoul issued alerts over public speakers and cellphone text messages telling residents to prepare for evacuation. The North Korean launch had prompted brief evacuation orders in South Korea and Japan. Japan’s Chief Cabinet Secretary Hirokazu Matsuno told reporters that no object was believed to have reached space. It also said it bolstered its military readiness in close coordination with the United States. South Korea’s military said the rocket had “an abnormal flight” before it fell in the waters. from the northwestern Tongchang-ri area, where North Korea’s main space launch center is located, the South Korean Joint Chiefs of Staff said in a statement.
It said scientists were examining the cause of the failure. The statement published in state media said the rocket carrying the satellite crashed into waters off the Korean Peninsula’s western coast after it lost thrust following the separation of its first and second stages.
SEOUL, South Korea - North Korea said its attempt to put the country’s first spy satellite into orbit failed Wednesday, an apparent embarrassment to leader Kim Jong Un over his push to boost his military capability in the protracted security tensions with the United States and South Korea. North Korea launched a purported rocket Wednesday, a day after the country announced a plan to put its first military spy satellite into orbit, South Korea's military said. A TV screen shows a file image of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un during a news program at the Seoul Railway Station in Seoul, South Korea, Wednesday, May 31, 2023.
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