Speculation Mounts that North Korea’s Next Major Provocation Will Be a Satellite Launch
I guess we will see if this is North Korea’s post Winter Olympics provocation:
![Footage from a documentary aired in October by the North's Korean Central Television, which covered the country's successful launch of the Kwangmyongsong No. 4 earth observation satellite. [YONHAP]](https://i0.wp.com/koreajoongangdaily.joins.com/data/photo/2022/02/07/02b35f9d-ab99-4ca4-adfa-59676157b2a8.jpg?w=640&ssl=1)
Speculation is mounting that North Korea is preparing a satellite launch, following reports on Monday by state media that the country is determined to “conquer space.”
Joong Ang Ilbo
Yun Sun-yong, a member of the North’s National Science and Technology Commission, emphasized the country’s will to “conquer space” during a Monday radio broadcast aired by the state-run Korean Central Broadcasting Committee to mark the sixth anniversary of the launch of the Kwangmyongsong No. 4, an earth observation satellite the North launched in February 2016.
“The path to conquer space will be continued today and tomorrow, and the heroic legend of juche Korea, which astounds the world, will be created anew continuously.”
You can read more at the link, but this will raise tensions because the U.S. and the West will claim that North Korea is testing ICBM technology with this launch.
