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Japan's public broadcaster mistakenly reports North Korea missile launch
Japan's public broadcaster mistakenly reports North Korea missile launch
Amid rising tension, NHK says rocket launched into sea off Hokkaido before apologising for error
Justin McCurry in Tokyo The Guardian
Thu 26 Dec 2019 21.16 ESTLast modified on Fri 27 Dec 2019 00.46 EST
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Japan’s public broadcaster, NHK, mistakenly reported that North Korea had filed a missile that landed in the sea off the country’s northernmost island of Hokkaido early on Friday.
NHK ran a newsflash on its website and news app at 12.22 am, but corrected the error about 20 minutes later, according to the Nikkei daily business paper.
The broadcaster apologised for the mistake, saying it had been intended for “training purposes”.
The original report stated that the missile had landed in the sea about 2,000km east of Hokkaido.
NHK ran a newsflash on its website and news app at 12.22 am, but corrected the error about 20 minutes later, according to the Nikkei daily business paper.
The broadcaster apologised for the mistake, saying it had been intended for “training purposes”.
The original report stated that the missile had landed in the sea about 2,000km east of Hokkaido.
link: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/dec/27/japans-public-broadcaster-mistakenly-reports-north-korea-missile-launch
