North Korea pans satellite launch; calls for denuclearization

North Korea has notified Japan of its plans to launch a satellite-carrying rocket before June 4, the Japanese government announced Monday, according to a report by Kyodo news agency citing the country's coastguard.

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The development that came ahead of today's trilateral meeting in Seoul, involving leaders of South Korea, China and Japanthe first such summit in over four years.

During a joint press conference with South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol and China's Premier Li Qiang following the meeting in Seoul, Japan's Prime Minister Fumion Kishida emphasised on the importance of North Korean denuclearization and said that the stability of the Korean Peninsula is in the "common interest" of the three Asian countries. North Korea notified Japan about the satellite launch stating| that the three "danger zones" where rocket debris may fall - two west of the Korean Peninsula and the other to the east of the Philippines' island of Luzon, the Japan Coast Guard said.