The regime running North Korea seems intent on ignoring the protests of much of the rest of the world regarding its rocket launches. Pyongyang insists it is pursuing developing a space program for purely peaceful reasons. Many other governments, however, see the space program simply as a cover to allow North Korea to build bigger and better rockets that could be used as ICBMs to threaten other nations.
The latest North Korean launch occurred yesterday.
North Korea is one of the poorest nations on Earth. Its citizens, except for those in a small ruling class, are often hungry. For such a nation to pursue a space program seems both strange and irresponsible to many. For such a nation to pursue technology it can both sell for money and use to increase its influence, as Pyongyang does with its rocket expertise, seems to make more sense. The problem is that's a dangerous game, and North Korea is not a trusted member of the international community.
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