SEOUL: North Korean leader Kim Jong Un inspected the country's first military spy satellite and gave the go-ahead for its 'future action plan', state media said on Wednesday (May 17). K
and gave the go-ahead for its"future action plan", state media said on Wednesday .
On Tuesday,"after acquainting himself in detail with the work of the committee, inspected the military reconnaissance satellite No 1, which is ready for loading after undergoing the final general assembly check and space environment test", KCNA said. In December 2022, North Korea said it had carried out an"important final-stage test" for the development of a spy satellite, which it said it would complete by April this year.
North Korea declared itself an"irreversible" nuclear power last year, effectively ending the possibility of denuclearisation talks.
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