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SEOUL, South Korea — North Korean leader Kim Jong-Un vowed to launch more "satellites" in order to become a space power, state media said Sunday, despite global condemnation on past launches, dubbed disguised ballistic missile tests.
Kim, during a visit to the North's newly-built satellite command center, urged scientists to work harder to "further glorify the (North) as a space power," state-run KCNA said.
"The status of the (North) as a satellite producer-launcher remains unchanged though the hostile forces deny it and its space development can never be abandoned, no matter who may oppose," Kim was quoted as saying.
The new, 13,770 square-meter command center will provide a "solid springboard for continued launch of various working satellites," the KCNA said.
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