North Korea's Kim Yo Jong, leader Kim Jong Un's sister, has said her country's military spy satellite will soon enter into orbit and promised Pyongyang will increase military surveillance, state media KCNA reported on Thursday.
"We are ready to act whatever it may be in defending its sovereign right and interests," Kim, a powerful government official in her own right, said in a statement carried by KCNA.The launch appeared to have been rushed and may need several weeks at least to fix its rocket's problem, a South Korean lawmaker said on Wednesday citing the South's intelligence agency.
KCNA also published on Thursday images of what it said was the new Chollima-1 rocket lifting off with flames and smoke from a coastal launch pad. The white-and-gray rocket had a bulbous nose, apparently for carrying its satellite payload.U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said any launch by Pyongyang using ballistic missile technology breaches Security Council resolutions, a spokesperson said.
In a separate statement carried by KCNA, North Korea's vice foreign minister Kim Son Gyong criticized U.S.-led military drills in the region including a multinational anti-proliferation naval drill.
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