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N. Korea says 2nd attempt to launch spy satellite fails: state media

This photo, provided by North Korea's Korean Central News Agency, shows the launch of the North's new "Chollima-1" rocket, allegedly carrying a military reconnaissance satellite, "Malligyong-1," from Tongchang-ri on the North's west coast at 6:29 a.m. the previous day, June 1. Yonhap North Korea said Thursday its second attempt to launch a spy satellite has ended in failure, citing "an error in the emergency blasting system during the third-stage flight."Pyongyang said it launched the spy satellite, the Malligyong-1, mounted on a new type of rocket named the Chollima-1, but that it failed due to a problem that is "not a big issue in aspect of the reliability of cascade engines and the system," according to the North's official Korean Central News Agency (KCNA).North Korea's national aerospace agency plans to probe the cause behind the emergency blasting system malfunction and once again attempt to put a satellite into orbit in October, the KCNA said.Thursday's launc

Aug 24, 2023
N. Korea says 2nd attempt to launch spy satellite fails: state media
  • Claimed N. Korean space rocket launch ends in failure: S. Korean military
  • US says N. Korean satellite launch violates UNSC resolutions, calls on Pyongyang to engage in dialogue
  • S. Korea, US, Japan weigh more unilateral sanctions over NK's space launch
  • US 'strongly condemns' N. Korea's latest space launch: White House

N. Korea joins China trade fair in another sign of border reopening

This photo shows the 14th China-Northeast Asia Expo taking place in Changchun, China, Aug. 23. YonhapNorth Korea opened booths for visitors at a Chinese trade fair Wednesday, in another sign the North is reopening its border after more than three years of strict COVID-19 restrictions. North Korea's participation at the 14th China-Northeast Asia Expo in Changchun, the capital city of China's Jilin province, which shares a border with the North, came a day after a North Korean commercial flight arrived in Beijing.It marked the resumption of commercial flights connecting the two nations after a hiatus of more than 3 1/2 years caused by the COVID-19 pandemic. North Korea installed booths to promote the country and its products at the fair, where other countries in the region, including South Korea, Russia and Japan, are taking part for the first time since the outbreak of COVID-19.Ku Yong-hyok, second from left, North Korea's consul general in the Chinese city of Shenyang, attends the 14th China-Northeast Asia Expo in Changchun, China, Aug. 23. YonhapKu Yong-hyok, the North's consul gene

Aug 23, 2023
N. Korea joins China trade fair in another sign of border reopening

S. Korea says it is monitoring full-fledged border reopening by N. Korea

Ground crew work near North Korea's national carrier, Air Koryo's commercial plane on the tarmac at the Beijing Capital International Airport in Beijing, Aug. 22. AP-YonhapSouth Korea's unification ministry said Wednesday it is monitoring when North Korea will reopen its border with China in a full-fledged manner, as it has partially opened it following a yearslong closure over COVID-19.After more than three years of stringent COVID-19 restrictions, North Korea has recently permitted its athletes to cross the border to take part in a taekwondo tournament in Kazakhstan and resumed the operation of commercial flights with China."North Korea has opened its border in a limited manner while struggling to stabilize a food crisis," the ministry said in a report to the parliamentary committee on foreign affairs and unification.North Korea's trade with China has recovered to around 85 percent of pre-pandemic levels, but it remains at a standstill due to the slowing growth of exports based on manufacturing on commission, it said.The ministry said the secretive regime is striving to recover fro

Aug 23, 2023
S. Korea says it is monitoring full-fledged border reopening by N. Korea

ANALYSIS Timing of North Korea's satellite launch suggests growing impatience of its leader

This May 31 file photo shows the launch of North Korea's Chollima-1 rocket carrying a spy satellite from Tongchang-ri on the country's west coast. North Korea told Japan, Tuesday, that it will launch a satellite between Aug. 24 and 31 after the first botched attempt. YonhapFailure could lead to mass purges, nuclear weapons test: expertsBy Jung Min-hoNorth Korea informed Japan, Tuesday, that it plans to launch a satellite in two weeks, less than three months after a failed attempt to send its first reconnaissance satellite into space.According to Japanese media reports, Pyongyang is set to proceed with the plan between Aug. 24 and 31, prompting officials in both South Korea and Japan to issue warnings to ships passing through three potentially risky areas ― Korea's West Sea, the East China Sea and waters east of the Philippines (Luzon Island).Speaking to The Korea Times, experts said the North appears to have determined the timing of the next launch based on political needs, particularly ahead of the Day of the Foundation of the Republic, on Sept. 9, rather than the scientific readine

Aug 22, 2023By Jung Min-ho
[ANALYSIS] Timing of North Korea's satellite launch suggests growing impatience of its leader

N. Korean airliner arrives in Beijing in 1st post-COVID-19 commercial flight

North Koreans line up at a check-in counter for Air Koryo, North Korea's national carrier, at Beijing Capital International Airport, Aug. 22. YonhapA flight operated by Air Koryo, North Korea's national carrier, arrived in Beijing on Tuesday, marking the resumption of commercial flights connecting the two countries after a hiatus of more than 3 1/2 years caused by the COVID-19 pandemic.The JS151 flight, which departed from Sunan International Airport in Pyongyang, arrived at Beijing Capital International Airport at 9:14 a.m., earlier than its estimated time of arrival of 9:50 a.m.An arrival and departure board at the airport showed that the flight had arrived in Beijing and that a JS152 flight was scheduled to depart for Pyongyang at 1:05 p.m.It was not immediately known who the passengers were aboard the flight.The arrival came a day after two Air Koryo flights that were scheduled to arrive in Beijing at 9:30 a.m. and depart at 1:05 p.m. were abruptly canceled.It also came days after a team of North Korean athletes made a rare trip across the border on a bus traveling from the North

Aug 22, 2023
N. Korean airliner arrives in Beijing in 1st post-COVID-19 commercial flight

N. Korea's Kim scolds premier for 'irresponsible' attitude over flood damage

North Korean leader Kim Jong-un, second from right, inspects a flooded area in South Pyongan Province, Aug. 21, in this photo carried by the North's Korean Central News Agency. YonhapNorth Korean leader Kim Jong-un berated the country's premier over his "irresponsible" attitude in not preventing damage to farmland from the recent typhoon, as Kim inspected a flooded area, the North's state media reported Tuesday.Kim also criticized the cabinet of Premier Kim Tok-hun for "spoiling" economic plans, saying that administrative and economic rules have "got out of order more seriously," according to the North's official Korean Central News Agency (KCNA).Kim made the remarks during an on-site inspection of a reclaimed area in South Pyongan Province the previous day, where restoration efforts are under way after tideland was flooded as seawater burst an embankment with a poor drainage system, the KCNA reported.Kim's sharp-worded comments fueled speculation that he may replace the premier, who was appointed to the post in 2020.He was not among the officials who accompanied Kim on the latest on

Aug 22, 2023
N. Korea's Kim scolds premier for 'irresponsible' attitude over flood damage

N. Korea slams S. Korea-US military drills, warns of outbreak of 'thermonuclear war'

On the opening day of the Ulchi civil defense exercise, troops engage in a counter-terrorism drill at the National Assembly in Seoul, Aug. 21. YonhapNorth Korea denounced South Korea and the United States on Tuesday for staging their annual joint military exercise, warning that the drills could trigger an unprecedented "thermonuclear war" on the Korean Peninsula.The North also accused Seoul, Washington and Tokyo of holding their trilateral summit at Camp David last week to adopt a series of documents to "detail, plan and formulate" nuclear war provocations, the Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) said in a commentary."An unprecedented large-scale thermonuclear war is approaching the Korean Peninsula every moment as reality," the KCNA said in an English language report, adding that the allies' military drills are "aggressive" in nature, likely involving U.S. nuclear strategic assets.The annual Ulchi Freedom Shield (UFS) exercise, based on an all-out war scenario, began its 11-day run of various contingency drills Monday, such as the computer simulation-based command post exercise, concu

Aug 22, 2023
N. Korea slams S. Korea-US military drills, warns of outbreak of 'thermonuclear war'
  • N. Korea intends to launch satellite between Aug. 24 and 31: Kyodo

Incheon's inter-Korean border village to host music festival

By Ko Dong-hwanThe official promotional poster for the DMZ Peace Land Music Festival in Incheon / Courtesy of Incheon Metropolitan CityThe Demilitarized Zone (DMZ) at the inter-Korean border region in Incheon will host a music festival in September with support from the central government and city government.DMZ Peace Land Music Festival in Ganghwa is scheduled to take place on Sept. 16 and 17 at Hwagye Garden on Gyodong Island near the maritime border between South and North Korea. North Korean waters are less than 300 meters away from Mount Bammeori on Gyodong Island's northern coast, the location closest to the border on the island. Yeonpyeong Island in waters off Incheon, where the two Koreas were involved in an artillery engagement in November 2010, is some 45 kilometers west of the island.The two-day event features Harmonize, a 22-member-show choir and the country's A-list solo artists, including Jang Min-ho, Ailee, Na Tae-joo, Eun Gaeun and K-pop bands Oh My Girl and ONF. The line-up of artists caters to visitors of a broad range of age groups, the Tourism and MICE Division, w

Aug 22, 2023By Ko Dong-hwan
Incheon's inter-Korean border village to host music festival

N. Korea intends to launch satellite between Aug. 24 and 31: Kyodo

This file photo provided by North Korea's Korean Central News Agency on June 1, shows the launch of the North's new Chollima-1 rocket carrying a military reconnaissance satellite, the Malligyong-1, from Tongchang-ri on the North's west coast the previous day. YonhapNorth 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

Aug 22, 2023
N. Korea intends to launch satellite between Aug. 24 and 31: Kyodo
  • UFS drills begin as North Korea's Kim inspects missile test
  • N. Korea slams S. Korea-US military drills, warns of outbreak of 'thermonuclear war'
  • S. Korea issues maritime safety warnings over NK satellite launch plan

NK abruptly cancels first post-COVID int'l commercial flight

North Korea's Air Koryo freight plane parked at Noi Bai International Airport in Vietnam's capital of Hanoi, on Feb. 24, 2019. YonhapNorth Korea's national airline was set to make its first commercial flight in over three years on Monday, only for it to be abruptly cancelled at the last minute.North Korea has been largely closed off from the outside world since early 2020, when it shut its borders in response to the COVID-19 pandemic.Journalists gathered on Monday at Beijing's Capital International Airport to await Air Koryo flight JS151 from Pyongyang, due to arrive at 09:50 a.m.But almost two hours after its scheduled arrival, a signboard in the terminal unexpectedly signalled it had been cancelled, prompting groans of disappointment from media waiting to see some of the isolated North's first international travellers in years.Beijing airport customer service told AFP that Air Koryo had not given a reason for the cancellation.AFP was unable to contact Air Koryo's Beijing office on Monday, and a journalist who visited the state-owned airline's outpost in the Chinese capital found th

Aug 21, 2023
NK abruptly cancels first post-COVID int'l commercial flight
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