About the Author
Colin Zwirko
Colin Zwirko is a Senior Analytic Correspondent for NK News based in Seoul. Follow him on Twitter @ColinZwirko.
North Korea is once again fervently promoting its aerospace industry. Over the weekend, state television aired a new program praising the country’s space program and satellite engineers — a move that shows North Korea’s growing comfort with publicizing its space industry developments.
Coverage of North Korea’s “satellite scientists” and propaganda slogans calling for the DPRK to become a “space power” largely disappeared from state media in 2018, when Pyongyang began a new round of negotiations with Seoul and Washington.