SEOUL - North Korea will launch its first military reconnaissance satellite in June for monitoring US military activities, state media KCNA reported on Tuesday (May 30). In a statement carried by the KCNA news agency, Ri Pyong Chol, vice-chairman of the Central Military Commission of the ruling Workers' Party, denounced joint military exercises by the United States and South Korea...
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un and his daughter Kim Ju Ae meet with members of the Non-permanent Satellite Launch Preparatory Committee, as he inspects the country's first military reconnaissance satellite, in Pyongyang, North Korea on May 16, 2023,SEOUL - North Korea will launch its first military reconnaissance satellite in June for monitoring US military activities, state media KCNA reported on Tuesday .
US and South Korean forces have carried out various training exercises in recent months, including what they said were the biggest joint live-fire exercises last week, after many drills were scaled back amid Covid-19 restrictions and hopes for diplomatic efforts with North Korea. "We will comprehensively consider the present and future threats and put into more thoroughgoing practice the activities for strengthening all-inclusive and practical war deterrents," Ri said in the statement.
The statement did not specify the exact launch date, but North Korea has notified Japan of the planned launch between May 31 and June 11, prompting Tokyo to put its ballistic missile defences on alert.
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