SpaceWar: North Korea Pursuing Space Program

By Staff Writers, SpaceWar, Posted 02/09/09

Link: http://www.spacewar.com/reports/NKorea_pursuing_space_programme_state_media_9...

“North Korea on Saturday said it was actively pursuing a space programme, amid reports from US and South Korean officials that Pyongyang is preparing to test fire a long-range missile. Rodong Sinmun, the official daily of the ruling communist party, said the North had every right to develop a space programme, as a member of the international community.”