Nuclear-armed North Korea said it has completed development of its first military spy satellite, and leader Kim Jong Un has approved final preparations for the launch.
In a statement carried by the KCNA news agency, Ri Pyong Chol, vice-chairman of the Central Military Commission of the ruling Workers' Party, denounced joint military exercises by the United States and South Korea as openly showing their"reckless ambition for aggression."
North Korea's Ri said the drills required Pyongyang to have the"means capable of gathering information about the military acts of the enemy in real time." Nuclear-armed North Korea has said it has completed development of its first military spy satellite, and leader Kim Jong Un has approved final preparations for the launch.
A U.S. State Department spokesperson said on Monday any North Korean launch that uses ballistic missile technology, including those used to put a satellite in orbit, would violate multiple United Nations resolutions.
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