KCNA Declares Launch “Successful”

North Korea has declared this morning’s long-range rocket launch a success in a brief report carried by the state Chosun Central News Agency.

According to the report, “The launch of the second ‘Gwangmyungsung-3’ from the West Sea Launch Site in Cheolsan County, North Pyongan Province via the carrier rocket ‘Unha-3’ was successful. The satellite entered its predicted orbit.”

Christopher Green is a researcher in Korean Studies based at Leiden University in the Netherlands. Chris has published widely on North Korean political messaging strategies, contemporary South Korean broadcast media, and the socio-politics of Korean peninsula migration. He is the former Manager of International Affairs for Daily NK. His X handle is: @Dest_Pyongyang.