North Korea apparently fails to launch ballistic missile from submarine

“Under U.N. resolutions, North Korea is prohibited from developing or testing any kind of ballistic missile”, Defense Ministry spokesman Kim Min-seok said in a regular briefing.

North Korea attempted to launch a ballistic missile from a submarine Saturday afternoon, according to a South Korean official cited by local media.

“This time, we assume the North failed to launch the missile as its trajectory can not be verified at all”, said Joo.

A military official said that the submarine-launched ballistic missile (SLBM) seemed to have failed to soar from the waters as only fragments of a safety cover were spotted.

The report comes six months after Pyongyang boasted that its leader, Kim Jong-un, had overseen the successful test-launch of a missile from under water in May.

Meanwhile, thousands of mourners gathered yesterday at the lawn outside South Korea’s parliament to bid farewell to former President Kim Young-sam, whose landmark 1992 election victory ended decades of military rule and ushered in a series of reforms. Moreover, in September, North Korea claimed it could strike the USA anytime with its nuclear weapons.

The talks are a fresh attempt at dialogue between the rivals, which have all-but cut off ties since 2010, when a South Korean navy ship was destroyed by a torpedo that Seoul said was sacked from a North Korean submarine.

The remarks indicate the country has yet to master the SLBM technology since its first test in May.

The government has ordered men to keep their hair shorter than 0.8 inches, and to adopt the severe wedge-plug hairstyle of leader Kim Jong-un.

North Korea again defied global and United Nations sanctions by launching a ballistic missile from a submarine Saturday.