NKorea: Spy satellite launch a success

By Agence France-Presse

Nov 23, 2023 12:13 am

SEOUL: North Korea said on Wednesday it had succeeded in putting a military spy satellite in orbit after two previous failures, as the United States led its allies in condemning the launch as a 'brazen violation' of United Nations sanctions.

A rocket carrying the satellite blasted off on Tuesday night from North Phyongan province and 'accurately put the reconnaissance satellite 'Malligyong-1' on its orbit,' state-run Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) reported.

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