The North Korean leader’s sister Kim Yo Jong has defended her nation’s efforts to launch a military spy satellite, denouncing the U.S. on Thursday for criticizing the DPRK’s space program but not those of other countries.
The statement, published by the external-facing Korean Central News Agency (KCNA), implicitly acknowledges the failure of Wednesday's launch and follows a short message on the incident by North Korea’s space agency a day earlier.
The North Korean leader’s sister Kim Yo Jong has defended her nation’s efforts to launch a military spy satellite, denouncing the U.S. on Thursday for criticizing the DPRK’s space program but not those of other countries.
The statement, published by the external-facing Korean Central News Agency (KCNA), implicitly acknowledges the failure of Wednesday's launch and follows a short message on the incident by North Korea’s space agency a day earlier.
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