North Korea told Japan on Tuesday it plans to launch a satellite in the coming days, possibly a second try to put a military spy satellite into orbit three months after its first effort failed, Japanese officials said.
In late May, a North Korean rocket carrying a spy satellite plunged into the sea soon after liftoff, posing a setback to leader Kim Jong Un's push to establish a space-based surveillance system to better monitor the U.S. and South Korea. North Korea vowed to make a second attempt after studying what went wrong with the first launch.Japan's coast guard said North Korean authorities notified it about a plan to launch a satellite from Aug. 24 and the end of Aug. 30.
The North's reported launch plan comes as North Korea is expected to extend its provocative run of missile tests in reaction to the annual U.S.-South Korean military drills that began Monday for a 11-day run. North Korea views calls the regular U.S.-South Korean military exercises a rehearsal for invasion.
North Korea's state media warned Tuesday that its rivals' drills are deepening the danger of a nuclear war on the Korean Peninsula. On Monday, KCNA said leader Kim Jong Un had watched the test launches of strategic cruise missiles and underscored the need to bolster efforts to modernize naval weapons systems.
A spy satellite is among an array of high-tech weapons systems that North Korea's leader has publicly vowed to acquire to cope with what he describes as intensifying U.S.-led hostility.
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