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00:00 North Korea said it would launch its first military reconnaissance satellite to boost
00:04 monitoring of US military activities sometime from the 31st of May.
00:09 It did so only for the launch rocket to plunge into the sea.
00:13 The state news agency the KCNA reported that the new carrier rocket, Chollima-1, fell into
00:19 the West Sea of Korea after losing thrust due to the abnormal starting of the second-stage
00:24 engine after the separation of the first stage.
00:27 The South Korean military shared these pictures of debris believed to be parts of the space
00:32 launch vehicle.
00:35 There were emergency alerts in parts of South Korea, including in Seoul, where residents
00:40 were rattled by air raid sirens and mobile phone alerts that called for rare evacuations.
00:45 "I was worried about whether I need to withdraw money, and whether I should prepare water,
00:53 and what I should do.
00:55 So I turned on the television, and the alert message was real.
01:00 I was really worried.
01:01 And then around 7am I got another alert saying it's now OK, so I came out."
01:07 There were sirens here too in the southern Okinawa prefecture in Japan.
01:14 Notices were soon withdrawn with no danger or damage reported.
01:17 Tokyo meanwhile issued a complaint to Pyongyang through diplomatic channels in Beijing.
01:22 "Taking into account the repeated launches of missiles, North Korea's continued actions
01:28 threaten the safety and security of our country, the region and the international community.
01:35 This kind of ballistic missile launch violates UN Security Council resolutions."
01:41 North Korea has attempted five other satellite launches, with two placed in orbit, including
01:46 during its last such launch in 2016.