Nuclear-armed North Korea said it completed the development of its first military spy satellite, and leader Kim Jong Un had approved final preparations for the launch
Ri Pyong Chol, vice-chairman of the Central Military Commission of the North's ruling Workers' Party, denounced ongoing joint military exercises by the U.S. and South Korea as openly showing "reckless ambition for aggression."
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 hasThe statement did not specify the exact launch date, but North Korea hasJapan of a planned launch between May 31 and June 11, prompting Tokyo to put its ballistic missile defences on alert.
South Korea's foreign ministry also slammed the North's use of ballistic missile technology as a clear violation of the U.N. sanctions, saying Ri was making a "farfetched excuse" to bolster its weapons programmes.
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