It seems to be the 10th anniversary of the test-firing of a Taepodong-1 which DPRK claims is a satellite rocket launch platform.  Here’s the text of the official radio broadcast.

Despite claims of success in the broadcast text, on September 1, 1998, the rocket launch apparently failed and the satellite called Kwangmyŏngsŏng (”Bright Light Star”) has never been seen in orbit.

The satellite appears to have been a clone of a circa 1970 Chinese Dong Fang Hong 1 satellite.  Which itself was a clone of a circa 1962 US Telstar satellite.

The launch platform was a Taepodong-1, which is a heavily modified three stage SCUD-based missile.