Reports from South Korea tell us that Kim Jong Un is getting ready for a big satellite launch despite being sanction by the UN:
FOX NEWS – North Korea’s regime is planning to launch a satellite that observers warn could be a Trojan horse for more weapons tests, a South Korean newspaper reports.
North Korea is being sanctioned by the United Nations over its nuclear and missile launches and is currently not allowed to carry out any launches using ballistic missile technology, which includes satellites.
“Through various channels, we’ve recently learned that the North has completed a new satellite and named it Kwangmyongsong-5,” the Joongang Ilbo daily reported, quoting a South Korean government source.
The isolated North Korean regime has called the sanctions an “act of war” that’s been “rigged up the U.S.”
The South Korean newspaper reports that the communist regime’s plan is to put a satellite with cameras and telecommunication devices into orbit.
Pyongyang launched its Kwangmyongsong-4 satellite in February 2016, which much of the international community viewed as a disguised ballistic missile test.
A spokesman for the South Korean military reportedly said there was “nothing out of ordinary at this moment,” but added that Seoul was watching out for any provocative acts, “including the test of a long-range missile disguised as a satellite launch.”
However, in a new commentary titled “peaceful space programmes are sovereign countries’ legitimate rights,” the North’s ruling party newspaper said Pyongyang’s satellite launches “absolutely correspond” with international laws concerning space development.
The February 2016 launch occurred just days before the birthday of the country’s former leader, Kim Jong-il. It would certainly seem reasonable to expect they are going for the same thing again.
However considering all of the provocations and threats from N. Korea this year, I would hope that the US and S. Korea wouldn’t allow such a launch to happen, either by threats and intimidation or even by force.