N. Korea says it plans to launch satellite

SEOUL – North Korea has notified Japan of plans to launch a satellite by June 4, Japanese media reported Monday, citing the coast guard, after Seoul said Pyongyang was preparing to put another military spy satellite into orbit.

Officials from the United States, Japan and South Korea agreed in a phone call to urge Kim Jong Un’s regime to suspend the plan, as any launch using ballistic missile technology would violate UN resolutions, Kyodo reported. Experts say that spy satellites could improve Pyongyang’s intelligence-gathering capabilities, particularly over fierce rival South Korea, and provide crucial data in any military conflict.

The suspected preparations were detected in North Korea’s Tongchang-ri county, Seoul said, which is home to the isolated country’s Sohae Satellite Launching Ground. It was also where the North staged three satellite launches last year, with only the final one being successful.

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