N. Korea says plans to launch satellite by June 4: Japanese media

Nuclear-armed North Korea launched its first reconnaissance satellite last November in a move that drew international condemnation. - AP

SEOUL: North Korea has notified Japan of plans to launch a satellite by June 4, Japanese media reported Monday (May 27) citing the coast guard, after Seoul said Pyongyang was preparing to put another military spy satellite into orbit.

The Japanese Coast Guard said the eight-day launch window began at midnight Sunday into Monday, with North Korea's notice designating three maritime danger zones near the Korean peninsula and the Philippines island of Luzon where the satellite-carrying rocket's debris might fall, according to the Kyodo news agency.