South Korea warns neighbours over planned spy satellite launch

South Korea warns neighbours over planned spy satellite launch
Senior South Korean military officer Kang Hopil speaks at the defence ministry in Seoul (The Korea Defence Daily/South Korea Defence Ministry/AP)

South Korea has warned North Korea not to go ahead with a planned spy satellite launch, saying Seoul could suspend an inter-Korean peace deal and resume frontline aerial surveillance in retaliation.

North Korea failed in its first two attempts to put a military spy satellite into orbit earlier this year and did not follow through on a vow to make a third attempt in October.

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