North Korea talk am say dem don put military spy satellite for space after two times wey e fail. Dis one no too go down for United States and e allies as dem yan say e be “brazen violation” of UN sanctions.
Di rocket wey carry di satellite fly comot from North Phyongan province for night time on Tuesday. Di state-run news agency, KCNA, yan say di rocket “correctly put di reconnaissance satellite ‘Malligyong-1’ for im orbit.”
Images wey dey for state media show North Korean leader, Kim Jong Un, dey smile and dey wave hand, dey surrounded by scientists and engineers wey wear white uniform. Dem dey jubilate and clap hand as dem watch di successful launch.
United States lead di condemnation of di launch, yan say e be “brazen violation” of UN sanctions. South Korea no gree at all as dem decide to suspend part of di military deal wey dem get with North Korea for 2018. Dem talk say dem go resume surveillance operations along their border.
Japan talk say dem never fit confirm if North Korea talk true on top di success of di launch. Tokyo still dey analyze di launch and dem government spokesman, Hirokazu Matsuno, talk say dem never sure if di satellite enta orbit around Earth.
North Korea bin try put spy satellite for orbit for May and August, but e no work. Seoul, Tokyo, and Washington bin don yan North Korea make dem no try another launch because e go violate UN resolutions.
Experts yan say space launch rockets and ballistic missiles get serious technological connection, and UN talk say North Korea no suppose do any test wey get to do with ballistic technology.
South Korea spy agency yan say dem feel say North Korea get technical advice from Russia as part of 10 shipments of weapons wey dem send for di war wey Russia dey fight for Ukraine.
KCNA talk say e be North Korea “legitimate right” to launch di satellite, as dem dey face wetin dem call threats from South Korea and United States. North Korea talk say dem get plan to launch more satellites “for short time” so dem go fit increase dia surveillance on South Korea.
South Korean defense official yan after di launch say Seoul go “restore aerial surveillance and reconnaissance activities to see whether North Korea dey provoke.” E talk say e be “equal and minimal defensive measures” against North Korea provocation.
China, wey be North Korea ally and main economic supporter, no condemn di launch. Dem instead yan make all concerned parties stay calm.
“The current situation on di Korean peninsula ehn, e dey complex and sensitive,” foreign ministry spokesperson Mao Ning yan. “Make all concerned parties dey calm and make dem look di matter well, dey go for di political settlement, and do more to help reduce tension.”
Di launch be like say e don also start space race for di peninsula as experts yan. Seoul dey plan to launch dia first spy satellite via SpaceX rocket later dis month.
“Kim Jong Un don show im determination to dey superior for military by try launch di first military reconnaissance satellite for orbit before South Korea,” na wetin Lim Eul-chul, associate professor at di Institute for Far Eastern Studies, Kyungnam University talk. “Of course, e be like say dem go get differences for di performance of di satellites.”
If North Korea fit put di spy satellite for orbit, e go improve dia intelligence-gathering capability, especially on top South Korea mata, and e go give dem important information for any military matter, experts talk.