North Korea Space Programme

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un said the ability to conduct space reconnaissance is crucial for national self defence and protection of the country's sovereignty and North Korea will never give up efforts to possess it, state media said on Wednesday.

North Korea claimed Wednesday to have successfully put its first military surveillance satellite into orbit, with the South also preparing to send up its first spy satellite later this month.

North Korea is preparing to launch a satellite, a Seoul newspaper said Tuesday, as outside observers warn that the nuclear-armed regime's space programme is a fig leaf for weapons tests.

North Korea says it has brought forward plans to launch a rocket and the event could now occur as early as Sunday, Japanese media reported.

North Korea today slammed US allegations that its space research is essentially a disguised ballistic missile programme, and vowed to send more satellites into orbit in defiance of UN sanctions.

South Korea is prepared for its third bid to send a satellite into orbit - a watershed moment for the future of the country's space programme and a high-stakes challenge to national pride.

North Korea will continue further development of its aerospace technologies, including a satellite programme, despite the United Nations Security Council condemnation, the Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) said. The North Korean foreign ministry said in a statement that it will continue to exercise its "sovereign right for the use of space", as it...

A rocket that Pyongyang plans to launch next month will take a "safer" flight path compared to previous launches that strayed into Japanese airspace, a North Korean scientist said.

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un said the ability to conduct space reconnaissance is crucial for national self defence and protection of the country's sovereignty and North Korea will never give up efforts to possess it, state media said on Wednesday.

North Korea claimed Wednesday to have successfully put its first military surveillance satellite into orbit, with the South also preparing to send up its first spy satellite later this month.

North Korea is preparing to launch a satellite, a Seoul newspaper said Tuesday, as outside observers warn that the nuclear-armed regime's space programme is a fig leaf for weapons tests.

North Korea says it has brought forward plans to launch a rocket and the event could now occur as early as Sunday, Japanese media reported.

North Korea today slammed US allegations that its space research is essentially a disguised ballistic missile programme, and vowed to send more satellites into orbit in defiance of UN sanctions.

South Korea is prepared for its third bid to send a satellite into orbit - a watershed moment for the future of the country's space programme and a high-stakes challenge to national pride.

North Korea will continue further development of its aerospace technologies, including a satellite programme, despite the United Nations Security Council condemnation, the Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) said. The North Korean foreign ministry said in a statement that it will continue to exercise its "sovereign right for the use of space", as it...

A rocket that Pyongyang plans to launch next month will take a "safer" flight path compared to previous launches that strayed into Japanese airspace, a North Korean scientist said.