A North Korean missile test occurred on August 31, 1998. North Korea tested the Taepodong-1 missile. It flew past Japan and into the Pacific Ocean (south of Vladivostok, Russia and Northwest of Japan). North Korea said it was carrying a satellite called Kwangmyŏngsŏng. The missile was launched from the east coast of North Korea. Image File history File links Taepodong1. ... Image File history File links Taepodong1. ... August 31 is the 243rd day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (244th in leap years), with 122 days remaining. ... 1998 (MCMXCVIII) was a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International Year of the Ocean. ... The Taepodong-1 being launched Taepodong-1 is a three-stage intermediate-range ballistic missile developed in North Korea and currently in service there. ... An image released on North Korean television of what was purported to be KwangmyÅngsÅng KwangmyÅngsÅng (Bright Light Star) was an artificial satellite reportedly launched by North Korea. ...
As a result of the test, Japan refused to sign an agreement on sharing the cost of providing safer nuclear reactors to North Korea and protested to the North Koreans.
The missile-firing was intended by North Korea as a show of power in advance of the 50th anniversary of the founding of the Stalinist state.
A North Korean missile test occured on May 29 and 30 of 1993. ... Picture of Taepodong-1 missile test from 1998 Two rounds of North Korean missile tests were conducted on July 5, 2006. ... North Korea claims to possess nuclear weapons, and it is widely believed to have a substantial arsenal of chemical weapons (deliverable by artillery). ...
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