North Korea Condemns IMO Criticism Of Launching Its Satellite

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JAKARTA - North Korea criticized the International Maritime Organization (IMO) for adopting a resolution criticizing the country's recent launch of the satellite. The North Korean government said it would no longer provide an initial notification of the launch the country would launch, according to the North Korean Central News Agency (KCNA). Since the IMO responded to North Korea's initial notification of the launch of the satellite with such a resolution, "We consider this an official statement (IMO) so that an initial notification by the DPRK is no longer needed," said Kim Myong Chol, referred to by KCNA as North Korea's "international affairs analyst", quoted from Kyodo-OANA, Sunday, June 4. The DPRK stands for the Democratic People's Republic of Korea, which is the official name of North Korea. Kim also said the IMO "agnored its international reputation as a prestigious UN expert body under pressure from US arbitrary practices, not to mention talking about the DPRK's sovereign rights." North Korea tried to launch a military reconnaissance satellite into orbit on Wednesday (31/5), but the launch ended in failure due to "serious damage". Pyongyang also promised to launch a new launch as soon as possible. North Korea has notified Japan Coast Guard in three dangerous zones of any object that can land or fall into the zone during the satellite launch period scheduled between May 31 and June 11.