US Calls for ‘Serious Negotiations’ After North Korea’s Spy Satellite Launch

Japan has strongly condemned the launch, calling it ‘an extremely problematic act.’

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un inspects North Korea's National Aerospace Development Administration after recent satellite system tests, in Pyongyang, North Korea, in this photo released by state media on March 10, 2022. KCNA via Reuters

The United States has urged North Korea to engage in “serious negotiations” after the North Korean regime launched a spy satellite into orbit on Nov. 21.

This came as the state-run Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) claimed that North Korea had placed a spy satellite named Malligyong-1 into orbit using its Chollima-1 carrier rocket on Nov. 21.