North Korea plans to launch satellite by June 4, report says

FILE — A rocket carrying a spy satellite is launched, as the North Korean government claims, in a location given as North Gyeongsang province, North Korea, in this handout picture obtained by Reuters on Nov. 21, 2023. Pyongyang reportedly is planning a similar launch on June 4.

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