Japan issues 'stay indoors' warning after North Korea 'fires' missile, Pyongyang clarifies
North Korean ballistic missile, reported Reuters.'Stay indoors or find shelter', the Japanese government said over its J-Alert broadcasting system, the report said.Meanwhile, North Korea has said that its attempt to put another spy satellite into orbit has failed, adding that a rocket carrying the spy satellite exploded in mid-air on Monday.Earlier, the South Korean Joint Chiefs of Staff said that the launch vehicle may have failed in flight, adding it had detected "many fragments" in the ocean from the rocket in the sea. The report further said South Korean and US intelligence agencies are investigating whether the launch had failed.“Around two minutes after it detected "what's suspected to be the North's military reconnaissance satellite...
many fragments of the projectile were detected around 22:46 (1346 GMT) in North Korea waters and the US and South Korea are analysing whether it had operational flight," AFP quoted Seoul's Joint Chiefs of Staff as saying.The South Korean JCS said North Korea fired the projectile on a southern path off its west coast at around 10:44 p.m. (1344 GMT), hours after Pyongyang informed about launching a satellite sometime before June 4.The launch appeared to originate from Dongchang-ri, a northwestern area of North Korea, where its main space flight centre is based, the JCS added."The missile did not fly into the area that had been announced, and the situation is not as North Korea had intended.
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