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North Korea Warns of Imminent War as Space Race with South Korea Intensifies

Tensions escalate following the launch of spy satellites by both nations, with North Korea accusing the US of double standards.

  • North Korea's state media warns that a 'physical clash and war' have become a matter of time after the scrapping of a key military pact designed to reduce tensions with the South.
  • North Korea accuses the US of double standards for allowing South Korea to launch a spy satellite from US soil, after condemning North Korea's earlier satellite launch.
  • South Korea successfully conducted a flight of a solid-fuel rocket carrying a satellite over the sea near Jeju Island, amid a growing space race with neighboring North Korea.
  • North Korea has claimed to have used its satellite to take images of the White House, Pentagon, US and British warships and military bases in South Korea and Japan.
  • South Korea plans to launch four more spy satellites by 2025 under a contract with SpaceX, easing its dependence on US spy satellites to monitor strategic facilities in North Korea.
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