North Korea: After a failure to launch spy satellite last month, Democratic Republic of Korea (DPRK) government has vowed to make push for another attempt. The North Korean government views this failure as ‘the most serious shortcoming of this year. Those responsible for the ‘botched’ launch have been heavily criticized by the regime, state media Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) reported on Monday. In May, North Korea had attempted to send rocket carrying a military reconnaissance satellite in order to acquire satellite-based surveillance capability, but it crashed soon after its initial liftoff. Kim Jong-un has made several public proclamations of his plans to modernize North Korean military arsenal in order to counter what he describes as ‘US-led hostility.’
2nd attempt underway
After the eighth enlarged plenary meetings of the 8th Central Committee of the Workers’ Party of Korea (WPK), scientists, officials and experts have been directed to find cause of the failure and make another attempt as quickly as possible. KCNA also reported that the meeting “bitterly criticized the officials who irresponsibly conducted the preparations for (the) satellite launch.” South Korea’s spy agency reports that it will be weeks before North Korea to settle on what caused the failure and only then a second launch will be fully underway. During the meeting officials also raised concerns over the “extremely deteriorating security situation” in the region, referring to US-South Korea military drills.
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Regional Security Scuffle
The United States and South Korean have been expanding their military partnership in face of North Korea’s continuous expansion of its military arsenal. Since the start of 2022, DPRK has conducted more than 100 missile tests, some of which are related to spy satellite program. Meanwhile, it has continued to expand its partnership with Russia and has said that Russia is defending itself against West’s hegemony in Ukraine. Both Russia and China have continuously protected DPRK against tightening of sanctions through their Veto power in United Nations Security Council (UNSC). The country is under strict international sanctions over its nuclear weapons and ballistic missile programs. KCNA also reported improvements in country’s agricultural output and progress in revival of chemical and metal industries.
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