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Monday, January 09, 2012

Kim Jong-un 'Watched Long-Range Missile Launch'


North Korean state TV marked new leader Kim Jong-un's birthday on Sunday with a documentary that claimed he watched the launch of a long-range missile alongside his late father Kim Jong-il in April 2009.

The 50-minute film focusing on Kim junior's so-called on-the-spot guidance tours said he accompanied his father during a visit to the control center for the launch of the Kwangmyongsong-2 satellite.

The launch of the fictitious satellite was a thin cover for what is widely believed to be an attempt to test a long-range missile.

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