North Korea has informed international shipping and aviation authorities it will launch a satellite between April 4 and 8, undeterred by foreign claims that it is actually testing a long-range missile which could hit the US.
“We received information very early this morning from the International Maritime Organisation that North Korea will launch its satellite between April 4 and 8,” Park Young-seon, an official at South Korea's maritime safety authority, told the Financial Times.
Lee Adamson, an IMO official, said that North Korea had specified the tests would be conducted between 0200 and 0700 GMT on one of the four days. The organisation was due to issue a circular detailing risks to shipping yesterday.