North Korea notifies Japan of plan to launch satellite: NHK
SEOUL - North Korea has notified Japan of its plan to launch a satellite between May 31 and June 11, a Japanese coast guard official said on Monday.
North Korea has also undertaken a series of missile and weapons tests in recent months, including a new, solid-fuel intercontinental ballistic missile . The Japanese prime minister’s office urged North Korea to refrain from the launch and said it would work closely with allies. The office said the Japanese government would do all it could to collect and analyse information from the launch.Earlier in May, North Korean leader Kim Jong Un inspected a military satellite facility, his government’s state media KCNA reported, as Pyongyang said it had completed work on its first spy satellite.
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