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| A North Korean Space Rocket Launch (File Photo) |
PYONGYANG, Oct. 20 (Xinhua) -- The Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) on Thursday said it will continue to send more satellites into space under its national blueprint for space development.
A spokesman for the DPRK National Aerospace Development stressed in a statement that a satellite launch by the DPRK and its right to use space for peaceful purposes was "legitimate."
The spokesman refuted claims by South Korea that the true intention behind Pyongyang's satellite program is not for peaceful purposes.
In the statement carried by the official news agency KCNA, the spokesman said the DPRK will launch more Juche satellites.
The statement came amid South Korea's strong denunciation of the DPRK over its test-launch of an intermediate-range ballistic missile on Thursday, which Seoul's military presumed to have failed.
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