North Korea launches rocket after satellite warning
BBC 2023-05-30 22:41:47 • 1 min
North Korea has launched a rocket shortly after announcing it planned to send up its first space satellite, sources in Japan and South Korea say.
Japan issued a warning to residents in the southern prefecture of Okinawa but later reported there was no danger of the rocket hitting its territory.
North Korea said earlier it planned to launch a satellite by 11 June to monitor US military activities.
Japan said it was ready to shoot down anything that threatened its territory.
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