SEOUL/TOKYO — North Korea attempted to launch what it called a space satellite over the sea to the south on Wednesday (May 31), South Korea's military said, as the nuclear-armed North seeks to gain ground in a regional space race.
The launch prompted emergency alerts and brief evacuation warnings in parts of South Korea and Japan, which were then withdrawn with no danger or damage reported.
It joins an increasingly heated space race in the region. South Korea last week placed satellites in orbit with a domestically designed and produced rocket for the first time, and China sent three astronauts to its now fully operational space station as part of crew rotation on Tuesday. The Japanese government issued an emergency warning over its J-Alert broadcasting system for residents of the southern prefecture of Okinawa early on Wednesday morning. The government warned residents to take cover indoors if they were outside.MISSILE TECHNOLOGY
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