North Korea Aims To Place Its Flag On The Moon

According to the official - Hyon Kwang Il, the director of the scientific research department of North Korea's National Aerospace Development Administration - the 5-year plan is focused on the deployment of more Earth observations satellites, as well as what will be the country's first geostationary communications satellite.

"Even though the U.S. and its allies try to block our space development, our aerospace scientists will conquer space and definitely plant the flag of the DPRK on the moon... We are planning to develop the Earth observation satellites and to solve communications problems by developing geostationary satellites. All of this work will be the basis for the flight to the moon."