But after the North Koreans limped back to Pyongyang with just seven medals, including two golds, its athletes could face the wrath of chubby despot Kim.
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The country has also said it developed its own tablet computers, including the Android-based Samjiyon, according to North Korea Tech, a website that monitors the country’s technological strides.
Research Analyst in Proliferation and Nuclear Policy at RUSI, Emil Dall, said to CNBC that Wednesday’s launch appears to be North Korea’s most successful missile test.
Kim was said to have ordered the construction of the submarine at a banquet attended by scientists and persons of merit on June 22, following Pyongyang’s launch of two Musudan intermediate-range ballistic missiles. Joseph Bermudez, a researcher and North Korean military expert with the intelligence analysis firm AllSource Analysis, explained his prediction in a conference call organized on August 24 by the North Korea affairs website 38 North.
North Korea’s state broadcaster said the streaming service would work in the capital Pyongyang, as well as Sinuiju in the North Phyongan Province and Sariwon in the North Hwanghae Province. He was quoted by state media as calling it the “success of all successes”.
The nation’s humiliation is likely to be compounded by the fact bitter rivals South Korea went home with 21 medals, including nine golds. “We want to see a press statement agreed”, he said.
The Foreign Ministry of China, North Korea’s last major ally, called for all sides to avoid actions that increase tensions.
It’s pertinent here to mention that Kim had given North Korean athletes a target of at least five gold medals and at least 12 other medals.
Recently, North Korean television has aired more military footage than usual.
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South Korea’s military condemned the launch but acknowledged it was an improvement over previous tests of similar missiles.
