Tensions on the Korean Peninsula as North Korea Successfully Launches Spy Satellite

On Nov. 21, North Korea launched its first spy satellite into orbit, leading to condemnation from the United States, Japan, and South Korea. This marks the third time this year that the regime attempted to launch a spy satellite. The previous two launches were both unsuccessful. North Korean dictator Kim Jong-un celebrated a “new era of space power.” In response, South Korea suspended the military accord signed with North Korea in 2018 and resumed frontline aerial surveillance of North Korea. According to the North Korean state media, the regime’s space agency announced that from Dec. 1, its Malligyong-1 satellite would officially begin its reconnaissance mission, following a period of fine-tuning....