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North Korean leader Kim Jong-Un has ordered the development of bigger rockets, state media said, after Pyongyang sparked international condemnation with a long-range rocket launch.<\/strong><\/p>\n

He gave the order to scientists, technicians and others involved in this month’s launch at a banquet on Friday<\/strong>, the official Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) reported.<\/p>\n

“You should develop and launch a variety of more working satellites, including communications satellite, and carrier rockets of bigger capacity,” Kim was quoted as saying by KCNA.<\/p>\n

“The launch… was a grand declaration that demonstrated the DPRK’s (North Korea’s) independent and legitimate right to use space for peaceful purposes before the world,” he said.<\/p>\n

He added that the rocket, the satellite and monitoring devices were “indigenously produced, 100 per cent”.<\/p>\n

Kim had already stressed the need to put more satellites into space two days after the December 12 launch<\/strong>, KCNA reported at the time.<\/p>\n

North Korea says the launch put a satellite in orbit for peaceful research<\/strong>, but critics say it amounted to a banned ballistic missile test that marked a major advance for the communist state’s nuclear weapons program.<\/p>\n

It sparked international condemnation, including from the United Nations, although the North’s main ally China is said by diplomats to be resisting US-led efforts to order new sanctions against Pyongyang at the UN Security Council.<\/p>\n

Source AP<\/em>
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