North Korea spy satellite launch fails as Chollima-1 rocket falls into the sea
- June 1, 2023
- Posted by: OptimizeIAS Team
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North Korea spy satellite launch fails as Chollima-1 rocket falls into the sea
Subject : International Relations
Section: International events
Concept :
- North Korea’s attempt to put its first spy satellite into space failed in a setback to leader Kim Jong Un’s push to boost his military capabilities as tensions with the United States and South Korea rise.
- After an unusually quick admission of failure, North Korea vowed to conduct a second launch after it learns what went wrong. It suggests Kim remains determined to expand his weapons arsenal and apply more pressure on Washington and Seoul while diplomacy is stalled.
- A satellite launch by North Korea is a violation of U.N. Security Council resolutions that ban the country from conducting any launch based on ballistic technology.
- The newly developed Chollima-1 rocket was launched at the North’s Sohae Satellite Launching Ground in the northwest, carrying the Malligyong-1 satellite. The rocket crashed off the Korean Peninsula’s western coast after it lost thrust following the separation of its first and second stages.
38th Parallel Line :
- The 38th parallel is a circle of latitude 38 degrees north of the equatorial plane.
- This line divides the Korean peninsula roughly in half (leaving about 56% of Korean territory on the northern side).
- 38th parallel, popular name given to latitude 38° N that in East Asia roughly demarcates North Korea and South Korea.
- The line was chosen by U.S. military planners at the Potsdam Conference (July 1945) near the end of World War II as an army boundary, north of which the U.S.S.R
- The actual border between North and South Korea slants across this circle of latitude, finishing some distance north of it on the east coast.