>From Jed: > See: > > http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/asia_pacific/in-a-first-north-korea-tells-its-people-about-a-failure/2012/04/13/gIQA4g8WET_story.html > > QUOTE: > > "[T]his time, unlike after previous failures, North Korea didn’t manufacture > a tale about a technological triumph and a satellite spinning around the > globe. Roughly four hours after the Unha-3 rocket fell apart, Pyongyang’s > state-run news agency released a brief statement saying that the 'earth > observation satellite failed to enter its preset orbit.' A news anchorwoman > then read the statement on domestic television." > > Maybe things have changed a little.
My take: By coming clean it removes the working class with another reason to distrust what the ruling class tells them day in and day out. I'm sure the potential pro/con ramifications of such an official announcement were strategically thought out. Regards Steven Vincent Johnson www.OrionWorks.com www.zazzle.com/orionworks
