South Korea has postponed the planned launch of its first military spy satellite set for this Thursday, officials said, days after rival North Korea claimed to put its own spy satellite into orbit for the first time. Under a contract with SpaceX, South Korea is to launch five spy satellites by 2025, and its first … Read more
North Korea conducted a rocket launch believed to be carrying a satellite on Tuesday, South Korea and Japan said, in what would be Pyongyang’s third attempt this year to place its first spy satellite in orbit. North Korea had earlier notified Japan it planned to send up a satellite between Wednesday and Dec. 1, after … Read more
Officials of Ishigaki city, Okinawa prefecture, in Japan gather at the city hall in response to a missile alert on May 31, 2023. | Photo Credit: AP Japan extended its alert on ballistic missile defences on June 11 despite the expiration of North Korea’s deadline for launching a satellite had passed. Japan put its ballistic … Read more
Kim Yo Jong vowed again Sunday, June 4, 2023, to push for a second attempt to launch a spy satellite as she lambasted a U.N. Security Council meeting over the North’s first, failed launch. | Photo Credit: AP The influential sister of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un vowed again on June 4 to push … Read more