North Korea To Launch Rocket, Carrying Spy Satellite

May 27, 2024 3:58 am

SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — North Korea plans to launch a rocket apparently carrying its second military spy satellite by early next week. The notification of the banned launch drew quick, strong rebukes from its neighbors. South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol and Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida were meeting on Monday with Chinese Primer Li Qiang in Seoul for their first trilateral meeting in more than four years. The notification says the launch would be between Monday and June 3. North Korea didn’t specify what was being launched, but it has said it plans three launches of military spy satellites this year. South Korea’s military said Friday that signs of preparations to launch a spy satellite had been detected.