March 23, 2017

"The US and South Korean militaries told media that a North Korean missile launch failed on Wednesday. According to the South Korean military, the missile 'exploded right after it took off from a launch pad.' The US military said in a statement it 'appears to have exploded within seconds of launch.'

The launch is widely believed to be a further protest against the joint US-South Korea military exercises and related to the recent Northeast Asia trip of US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson. Pyongyang hopes to confront the tough with toughness. However, the failure of this launch revealed the immaturity of North Korea's missile technology. "

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