...hereditary Communist monarchy distinguished by its truculence and periodic acts of violence. Distinguishing features include Songun (Army First) policy, which involves feeding the army before anyone but the Dear Leadership, and Juche, which is Kim Jong Il's personal interpretation of Marxism-Leninism, which he told everybody was brilliant. In 1950 the industrialized North invaded agrarian South Korea. Twenty-one countries of the United Nations eventually contributed to the UN force opposing the invasion, with the United States providing around 90% of the military personnel. Seventy years later the economic results are in and it doesn't look good for Juche...n space vehicle failed to fulfil the leader Kim
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...the overweight, pouty-looking hereditary potentate of North Korea. Pudge appears to believe in his own divinity, but has yet to produce any loaves and fishes, so his subjects remain malnourished...
's space ambitions once again as the rocket carrying another spy satellite could not make it to Earth's orbit same as before, after the vehicle encountered issues on its third stage which Pyongyang space agency claims is not a "big problem".
The media of the nuclear-armed country reported that North's space agency the National Aerospace Development Administration (NADA) conducted the second launch of reconnaissance satellite Malligyong-1 aboard the new-type carrier rocket Chollima-1 at the Sohae Satellite Launching Ground in Cholsan County of North Phyongan Province at dawn of August 24.
Korean Central News Agency reported that the "flights of the first and second stages of the rocket were normal, but the launch failed due to an error in the emergency blasting system during the third-stage flight."
North Korea's space agency said that it would make clear in a short span of time the reason why the emergency blasting system was operated abnormally.
The NADA also said that the cause of the relevant accident is not a big problem in the aspect of the reliability of cascade engines and the system.
The agency said that it would conduct the third reconnaissance satellite launch in October after thoroughly probing the reason and taking measures.
Earlier, the South Korean Joint Chief of Staff said that the military detected a North Korean projectile.