North Korea announced on the 5th of the pre-election day that the missile launch would be a 'reconnaissance satellite', and the Sejong Institute released a report on the 6th that "the South Korean presidential election will be difficult to be considered as the possibility of South Korea to stop increasing its armaments after the election is slim."
North Korea reported through the Rodong Sinmun, "The National Space Agency and the National Defense Academy conducted another important test in accordance with the reconnaissance satellite development plan on March 5." ', the Joint Chiefs of Staff said, "A ballistic missile launched into the East Sea from the Sunan area of Pyongyang, North Korea was detected around 8:48 a.m. on the 5th. It was detected at a flight distance of about 270 km and an altitude of about 560 km.”
After the presidential election in March, the South Korean Ministry of National Defense is planning to launch the first “solid-propelled space launch vehicle” capable of carrying small military reconnaissance satellites, etc.
In April, the South Korean government announced that it would expand the existing Army Missile Command to the Army Missile Strategic Command and reorganize the Air Air Defense Air Defense Missile Command and the Air Air Missile Defense Command in April.
Paragraph 85 of the national task of the inauguration of the government, which is the problem, ‘North Korean nuclear ․ The establishment of a strategic company under the premise of possessing nuclear weapons was considered as a review of the establishment of an organization dedicated to countering the threat of missiles.
“Countries that operate nuclear weapons have different names, but they are operating strategic companies, and North Korea has a strategic army that uses nuclear weapons,” said Jeong Kyung-woon, a research fellow at the Korean Military Academy. It was revealed in the Spring issue.
At the 8th Congress of the Workers' Party of Korea in January 2021, Chairman Kim Jong-un said, "We have completed the design of the military reconnaissance satellite. "We are actively pursuing the most important research project to develop reconnaissance means, including those of naval forces," he said.
Jeong Seong-jang, head of the North Korean center of the Sejong Institute, said, “We focused on developing hypersonic missiles until January of this year, and there is a high possibility that we will focus on developing a ‘military reconnaissance satellite’ from the end of February to the 110th birthday of Kim Il-sung on April 15.” The missile was launched on the day of the early voting for the Korean presidential election, indirectly showing that he has no interest in the domestic political schedule.”
In the report 'Who does North Korea prefer, Lee Jae-myung or Yoon Seok-yeol?', the center director said, "North Korea has been criticizing the Moon Jae-in government for talking about peace and clinging to armaments from behind. “Until the official announcement of North Korean missiles, neither the ROK nor the U.S. Department of Defense have a clear understanding of what kind of missile North Korea has launched.” Candidate Yun Seok-yeol, who claims to be far from reality, will inevitably be regarded as a 'paper tiger' that does not pose a real threat to North Korea."
Center Director Jeong continued, “If North Korea pushes forward ‘additional deployment of THAAD’, which will lead to deterioration of South Korea-China relations after the election of candidate Yoon Seok-yeol, it will help to separate South Korea-China relations and further strengthen North Korea-China relations. You may prefer it more.” He continued, "North Korea has been criticizing the Moon Jae-in government for talking about peace in front of the government and clinging to armaments from behind. Candidate Lee Jae-myung, who intends to push ahead until the end of the year, is difficult to deal with and will be considered more threatening from a security standpoint.”