Photos published by North Korean state media showed what appeared to be leader Kim Jong Un watching the fiery launch from a facility in the North Pyongan Province.
South Korea suspended part of a 2018 inter-Korean military tension reduction agreement Wednesday in response to North Korea s latest launch of a military spy satellite. .
Seoul on Wednesday partially suspended an inter-Korean military agreement designed to ease tensions and decided to resume surveillance operations along the border with North Korea in response to Pyongyang’s launch of a spy satellite.
North Korea s launch of a military spy satellite — if proven to be successful in terms of its surveillance functions — will pose heightened security threats to South Korea, analysts said Wednesday.
North Korea is set to make a third attempt to launch a spy satellite as early as Wednesday in spite of warnings from Seoul that the move could result in the suspension of an inter-Korean military agreement.