Russia will send advanced space tech to North Korea, Blinken says

What’s more, Blinken said on his final visit to Seoul as America’s top diplomat, Moscow “may be close to reversing a decades-long policy” and recognizing North Korea as a nuclear power.

The offer of launch services for North Korean spacecraft along with help building satellites had earlier been reported as a big part of the deal for Moscow to receive artillery ammunition from the secretive, authoritarian country for use in its war on Ukraine.

Last May, state propaganda outlet the Korean Central News Agency reported that the launch of Pyongyang’s second spy satellite had failed soon after liftoff from a location in the north of the country likely due to a problem with its engine.