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Chaewon Chung
Chaewon Chung covers U.S., Chinese, and Japanese politics and national security in relation to North Korea. She previously worked at Coda Story covering disinformation and technology with a focus on the East Asia.
South Korean President Yoon Suk-yeol outlined plans on Wednesday to land a spacecraft on the moon, hours after a North Korean propaganda outlet slammed Seoul’s recent launch of a homegrown rocket as evidence of “double standards.”
Yoon’s remarks came during a visit to the Korea Aerospace Research Institute on Wednesday to congratulate scientists on the successful test-launch of a Nuri rocket last month. Analysts previously told NK News that North Korea could use the South’s space program as further justification for its own rocket development.