North Korea Claims Satellite Win After Two Failures This Year
- Japan, US and South Korea have not confirmed Pyongyang’s claim
- Kim Jong Un has failed twice this year to deploy satellite
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North Korea claimed it successfully put a spy satellite into orbit after two attempts earlier this year ended in failure, as leader Kim Jong Un pledged to place more in the sky to keep an eye on US forces in the region.
Kim presided over the Tuesday launch, the official Korean Central News Agency reported, adding the country wants to fire off several additional spy satellites within a short period of time. There has been no confirmation of a successful deployment from the US, Japan or South Korea, which have all been closely watching the launch and are working with each other to evaluate the event.