North Korean Missile Test Accidentally Burns Worker to Death

In the original video footage released by North Korea showing the launch of the Hwasong-15 missile, a human-shaped figure can be seen in the video immediately before the powerful exhaust flames from the missile engulf him. Screenshot from North Korea KCNA

The launch of North Korea’s longest range intercontinental ballistic missile on Nov. 28 appears to have accidentally incinerated a North Korean worker on the site, based on analysis of the original, unedited video of the launch. The blunder could indicate that the North Korean regime failed to anticipate the missile’s power, which is significantly greater than the regime’s previous missiles.

North Korea has presented the first test launch of the Hwasong-15 intercontinental ballistic missile on Nov. 28 as a great success, boasting that it has the range to hit key cities in the continental United States, such as Washington.