North Korea plans to launch a satellite later this month, according to Japanese media, firing off a space rocket as South Korea and the US conduct joint military drills that have riled Pyongyang.
The Japanese government has received notification from North Korea that it intends to launch a satellite between Aug. 24 and Aug. 31, Kyodo News and national broadcaster NHK reported Tuesday. The Japanese Coast Guard has been notified of three possible maritime danger zones pertaining to the launch — two west of the Korean Peninsula and the third east of the Philippines’ island of Luzon, Kyodo said.
North Korea has bristled for decades at joint military drills between the US and South Korea. Its state media blasted the latest exercises, known as Ulchi Freedom Shield, that started Monday and which are set to run through the end of the month. It also slammed a meeting held Friday among Joe Biden, Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida and South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol at the Camp David US presidential retreat in rural Maryland. KCNA said the three leaders met “to detail, plan and formulate the nuclear war provocation on the Korean Peninsula.
Leader Kim Jong Un has said he wants to put a spy satellite into orbit to keep an eye on US forces deployed in the region. While Seoul believes such a satellite would be rudimentary at best, it could still help Pyongyang refine its targeting lists as it rolls out new missiles designed to deliver nuclear strikes in South Korea and Japan, which host the bulk of America’s military personnel in the region.
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