North Korea announced that it had successfully launched a spy satellite into orbit around the Earth late on Tuesday.
North Korea manager Kim Jong-un has celebrated the launch of a spy satellite in Pyongyang, the capital of North Korea, together with scientists and engineers, says The Guardian. According to North Korea’s state-run KCNA news agency, Kim Jong-un expressed his gratitude to the space scientists at the event, The Guardian reported.
According to media reports, Kim Jong-un attended the festivities with his daughter Kim Ju-ae with. The daughter appeared alongside her father in several photos that KCNA has provided for the occasion. The news agency Reuters has not been able to independently confirm the authenticity of the photos.
Little is known about the North Korean leader’s family. Kim Jong-un is believed to have three children with his wife, a former singer Ri Sol-jun with. Kim Jong-un has been reported to have appeared in public a few times with his daughter Kim Ju-ae. The exact age of the daughter is not known, but she is estimated to be around 10 years old.
According to KCNA, the North Korean leader and his daughter appeared in a group photo with space scientists during the celebrations.
North Korea announced that it had successfully launched a spy satellite into Earth-orbiting orbit late Tuesday. According to the KCNA news agency, Kim Jong-un has already reviewed satellite images of US Pacific military bases in Guam.
South Korea’s intelligence service confirmed on Thursday that the launch of its northern neighbor’s spy satellite had been successful and accused Russia of helping North Korea with the launch. Congressman Yoo Sang-bum’s according to which the intelligence service had informed South Korean decision-makers about the matter.
According to the intelligence service, Russia had offered feedback to North Korea after the country had provided Russia with information about the first two launch attempts. According to the intelligence authorities, information about the launches had been provided to Russia by the leader of North Korea and the Russian president Vladimir Putin in the aftermath of the September meeting.
According to the state-run KCNA news agency, North Korean leader Kim Jong-un has already reviewed satellite images of US Pacific military bases in Guam.
United States has condemned the launch of the satellite as a gross violation of UN sanctions. South Korea, on the other hand, partially suspended the 2018 military cooperation agreement with its neighboring country and announced that it would resume intelligence activities on the border between the two countries.
China did not condemn the satellite launch, but called on all parties to show restraint in the “complex situation on the Korean Peninsula”.
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