Reuters (April 13)
2012/ 04/ 13 by jd in Global News
North Korea’s “highly unusual” admission over state TV of today’s launch failure raises many questions. Will embarrassment lead to a nuclear test? Does it instead signal a new openness? Nobody knows. “Although North Korea is one of the most tightly controlled states on earth, with no free media and a tight grip on its population, such a high profile failure could trigger a backlash among the country’s elite.”
Tags: Embarassment, Failure, Launch, North Korea, Nuclear text, TV
