North claimed it spends $1.5 billion on a satellite launch, in a report written by Jeong Gang Chol from the North's Economic Cooperation Council published on Tuesday.
The piece argues that profits from the Kaesong Industrial Complex (KIC) have been used to develop nuclear weapons and improve missile technology is an "embarrassing" distortion.
North claimed it spends $1.5 billion on a satellite launch, in a report written by Jeong Gang Chol from the North's Economic Cooperation Council published on Tuesday.
The piece argues that profits from the Kaesong Industrial Complex (KIC) have been used to develop nuclear weapons and improve missile technology is an "embarrassing" distortion.
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