The North Korea is going to "conquest" the Moon, said the director of the scientific research department of North Korea's National Aerospace Development Administration Hyon Kwang to the AP. "Even though the U.S. and its allies try to block our space development, our aerospace scientists will conquer space and definitely plant the flag of the DPRK on the moon."

He said that the North Korea plans to conduct research in space, flying towards the Moon, as well as to explore other planets . The North Korean leader assigned scientists to produce a greater number of space satellites, which will help to study the universe , he said. In his view , the basis of all this will be the flight to the moon , which , according to him, will be held in 10 years .