North Korea pledges second satellite launch after 'failure'

North Korea vowed on Sunday to launch a second space rocket after calling last month’s botched attempt at launching a satellite the “gravest failure.”

The North Korean government has ordered researchers and other workers to analyze the failed launch and prepare for another one in the future.

The comments were made at a key meeting for the ruling Workers’ Party of Korea in Pyongyang that ran from Friday to Sunday.

Party officials at the meeting “bitterly criticized the officials who…