Unidentified fragments were found at sea by the southern neighbor earlier in the night from Monday to Tuesday.
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North Korea announced Monday, May 27, the failure of a new attempt to put a spy satellite into orbit, due to a suspected engine problem on the launcher. The device supposed to carry the Malligyong-1-1 reconnaissance satellite “exploded during the first phase of the flight and failed”the North Korean Aerospace Administration said in a statement carried by state media, adding that “the cause of the accident is the reliability of the new liquid oxygen and kerosene engine”.
Before this announcement, South Korea had warned of the presence of “projectile fragments” in the ocean bordering the two countries. The South Korean military said it had found around 10:46 p.m. (3:46 p.m. in Paris) “numerous projectile fragments” in the ocean after the alleged launch of a North Korean spy satellite. The country had requested help from the United States to analyze the flight of the launcher.
As recalled by the South Korean agency Yonhap, this launch by Pyongyang comes after South Korean President Yoon Suk-yeol, Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida and Chinese Prime Minister Li Qiang held a trilateral summit in Seoul on Monday, during which they reaffirmed their commitment to promoting peace on the Korean Peninsula.
