North Korea has vowed to launch a "military reconnaissance satellite" soon, the country's state media reported Thursday, a day after its first attempt to do so ended in failure. Kim Yo Jong, the younger sister of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un and a senior official of the country's ruling party, said in a statement carried by the Korean Central News Agency "it is certain" that the satellite "will be correctly put on space orbit in the near future and start its mission." Kim Yo Jong. (Photo courtesy of Korea Media)(Kyodo) The statement came as the United States and its regional allies remained on alert for another attempt by Pyongyang to launch its first spy satellite.

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