North Korea informs Japan of plan to launch satellite

A rocket carries North Korea’s first spy satellite in space. File Pic/X

North Korea has told Japan it plans to launch a satellite by early next week, an apparent effort to put its second military spy satellite into orbit.

The launch notification came as leaders of South Korea, Japan and China gathered in Seoul for their first trilateral meeting Monday.

Japan's coast guard said it was notified by North Korea about its planned launch of a "satellite rocket", with safety cautioning in the waters between the Korean Peninsula and China and east of the Philippine island of Luzon beginning Monday and running through midnight June 3.

North Korea gives Japan its launch information because Japan's coast guard coordinates and distributes maritime safety information in East Asia.

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