Iran Press/ Asia: North Korea said Thursday it would deploy new weapons and stronger armed forces to the border with the South, as Seoul's spy agency claimed that Pyongyang had received Russian help to successfully put a military spy satellite into orbit.
North Korea also said it will no longer be bound by a 2018 joint military accord after Seoul suspended parts of the agreement in response to Pyongyang’s launch of a military spy satellite.
During protracted tensions with the United States, North Korea on Wednesday said it had put its first spy satellite into orbit and vowed further launches to defend against what it called its “enemies’ dangerous military maneuvers.”
North Korean state media claimed within hours of the launch that leader Kim Jong Un was already reviewing images of US military bases in Guam.
The satellite, named “Malligyong-1,” was launched late Tuesday on a new carrier rocket, “Chollima-1,” according to the state-run Korean Central News Agency (KCNA).
The North’s space agency said that its new “Chollima-1” carrier rocket accurately placed the Malligyong-1 satellite into orbit on Tuesday night, about 12 minutes after liftoff from the country’s main launch center.
“The launch of a reconnaissance satellite is the legal right of North Korea to strengthen its right to self-defense,” the KCNA report said. 219
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