The North Korean leader, Kim Jong-un, decided today to send more
satellites into space, at a time when the international community seeks
to punish the last launch of a North Korean rocket to consider it a
missile test.
The young dictator "asked reach higher goals in scientific research taking the current success (referring to the recent release) as a springboard for a major victory and therefore send more satellites into space" in the future, according to a statement the state news agency KCNA.
Kim stressed that the Kwangmyongsong-4 satellite (Star Bright-4) entered orbit on 7 July despite the "growing frenzy to stifle" North Korea by the international community, the statement said the ruling means.
Kim's statements come at a time when the Security Council of the UN is preparing to punish the communist country therefore space launch and its fourth nuclear test conducted last Jan. 6.
South Korea and the United States have called for sanctions to the regime of Kim Jong-un with higher hardness and quickly as possible, considering that the launch of the rocket put into orbit the satellite is a disguised long-range missile test would violate previous resolutions the UN body.
For its part China and Russia, which maintain ties with Pyongyang, have shown more moderate positions regarding possible punishments, apparently to avoid the negative consequences of a situation of instability in North Korea.
The rocket launch was held in honor of the former dictator Kim Jong-il, current leader's father died in 2011, whose birthday will be celebrated on Tuesday at a conference called the "Day of the Shining Star" in North Korea. EFE
The young dictator "asked reach higher goals in scientific research taking the current success (referring to the recent release) as a springboard for a major victory and therefore send more satellites into space" in the future, according to a statement the state news agency KCNA.
Kim stressed that the Kwangmyongsong-4 satellite (Star Bright-4) entered orbit on 7 July despite the "growing frenzy to stifle" North Korea by the international community, the statement said the ruling means.
Kim's statements come at a time when the Security Council of the UN is preparing to punish the communist country therefore space launch and its fourth nuclear test conducted last Jan. 6.
South Korea and the United States have called for sanctions to the regime of Kim Jong-un with higher hardness and quickly as possible, considering that the launch of the rocket put into orbit the satellite is a disguised long-range missile test would violate previous resolutions the UN body.
For its part China and Russia, which maintain ties with Pyongyang, have shown more moderate positions regarding possible punishments, apparently to avoid the negative consequences of a situation of instability in North Korea.
The rocket launch was held in honor of the former dictator Kim Jong-il, current leader's father died in 2011, whose birthday will be celebrated on Tuesday at a conference called the "Day of the Shining Star" in North Korea. EFE