Pyongyang Denounces Seoul For Launching Spy Satellite
Komfie Manalo - All Headline News Foreign Correspondent Seoul, South Korea (AHN) - In another sign of building tensions between the two Koreas, Pyongyang on Tuesday slammed Seoul for launching a scientific satellite which could also be used to spy on the secretive country's military movements. North Korea says the launch was a provocative act that would force them to build up on their "invincible war deterrent." On Friday, South Korea launched a satellite to make geographical surveys which also has the capacity to track military movements inside communist North Korea. The North's official KCNA news agency reports a spokesman for the Committee for the Peaceful Reunification of the Fatherland as saying, "We sound an alarm-bell to South Korea [for] straining the situation on the Korean peninsula." "The prevailing situation compels the North to step up its moves to bolster the invincible war deterrent for self-defense in every way under the banner of Songun," the spokesman said referring to Pyongyang's military-first policy. The Arirang-2 satellite, which was launched in Russia, is capable of taking high-resolution pictures of the earth's surface and is the country's most advance surveillance satellite to-date. South Korea's Overseas Information Service said the Arirang-2 will give the country the ability to identify objects on the ground one meter in diameter. However, South Korean officials are quick |
