(VOVWORLD) - The daily Rodong Sinmun of North Korea’s ruling Workers' Party ran an article on Wednesday on satellites launched for peaceful purposes. The article appeared amid speculation that the North might launch a new satellite or inter-continental ballistic missile.
 A rocket test is conducted at the Sohae satellite launch site in December, 2019. (Photo: Yonhap/VNA) |
In a piece titled “World Trend of Space Exploitation”, the newspaper described satellite launches by China, India, and Egypt, calling peaceful space exploitation for shared prosperity a world trend.
The article provided details of China’s launch of Beidou-52, Beidou-53, and Gaofen-12, a new Earth observation satellite. It also looked at the launch of India’s Kartosat-3, capable of high-definition imaging, and Egypt’s first telecommunications satellite Tiba-1.
According to the Rodong Sinmun, space exploitation, formerly done exclusively by a few developed countries, is now engaging in many others.