(MENAFN- Jordan News Agency) Amman, Oct. 30 (Petra) -- North Korea said Monday it will launch more satellites as any sovereign country has the right to develop a space program.
According to the Rodong Sinmun newspaper, North Korea will place into space more satellites, including a stationary one, in accordance with its five-year space development program as it seeks to improve its economy and people's livelihood.
"Some countries have manipulated U.N. sanctions resolutions against us and hindered the sovereign country's space development. It is not a tolerable act," the newspaper said. "It is a global trend that a country seeks the economic growth with the space program." Pyongyang fired a long-range rocket in February 2016 following one in December 2012.
The Voice of America recently reported that satellite imagery showed two new buildings were spotted some 30 kilometers west of the Dongchang-ri launch site in its northwestern province.
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