DPRK’s Spy Satellite Launch Raises Tension on the Korean Peninsula

DPRK’s Spy Satellite Launch Raises Tension on the Korean Peninsula
People watch a television screen showing a news broadcast with a picture of North Korea's latest satellite-carrying rocket launch, at a railway station in Seoul on Nov. 22, 2023. Jung Yeon-je/AFP via Getty Images
Kim Taewoo
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North Korea’s launch of a reconnaissance satellite and follow-up acts unfolded like a well-orchestrated blitzkrieg. On Nov. 21, North Korea notified the Japanese Coast Guard that it would launch the spy satellite between Nov. 22 and Dec. 1 and designated three expected zones of falling debris. However, it launched the satellite by surprise on the night of Nov. 21, thus proving that the regime doesn’t care about the safety of ships navigating the expected debris-falling zones.

Kim Taewoo
Kim Taewoo
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Kim Taweoo is a senior research fellow at the Korea Institute for Military Affairs.
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