{"id":63187,"date":"2024-04-22T05:00:00","date_gmt":"2024-04-22T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/myanmarnewsgazette.com\/?guid=ab1a854c0f721392f1b81bebcc753e6b"},"modified":"2024-04-22T05:00:00","modified_gmt":"2024-04-22T00:00:00","slug":"n-korea-preparing-for-satellite-launch-but-no-imminent-signs-yet-jcs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/myanmarnewsgazette.com\/n-korea-preparing-for-satellite-launch-but-no-imminent-signs-yet-jcs\/","title":{"rendered":"N. Korea preparing for satellite launch, but no imminent signs yet: JCS"},"content":{"rendered":"
\n North Korea appears to be making preparations for its next launch of a spy satellite, although there are no signs of an imminent launch, South Korea’s military said Monday.<\/p>\n
Last November, Pyongyang successfully placed its first military spy satellite into orbit and vowed to launch three more spy satellites this year.<\/p>\n
“While North Korea’s activities preparing for an additional military satellite launch have been consistently detected, there are no imminent signs of a launch,” Col. Lee Sung-jun, spokesperson of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, said during a regular press briefing.<\/p>\n
“It is hard to predict the timing, but we are closely monitoring such activities,” Lee added.<\/p>\n
Defense Minister Shin Won-sik said earlier there was a high possibility the North could stage the satellite launch this month if it completes improvement of the satellite’s performance.<\/p>\n
Seoul officials have speculated the North may have made progress in its space program with technological assistance from Russia following the rare summit betw
\neen North Korean leader Kim Jong-un and Russian President Vladimir Putin in September.<\/p>\n
South Korea placed its second military reconnaissance satellite into space on April 8 under a plan to acquire five military spy satellites by 2025 to better monitor North Korea. It first launched a spy satellite last December.<\/p>\n
Source: Yonhap News Agency<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
North Korea appears to be making preparations for its next launch of a spy satellite, although there are no signs of an imminent launch, South Korea’s military said Monday.<\/p>\n
Last November, Pyongyang successfully placed its first military spy satellit…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"\n