North Korea plans to launch a satellite rocket between May 27 and June 4, Japan’s coast guard says

TOKYO (Reuters) – North Korea has notified Japan of its plan to launch a rocket carrying a space satellite towards the Yellow Sea and east of Luzon island between May 27 and June 4, Japan’s coast guard said on Monday.

The news comes ahead of a trilateral summit between Japan, South Korea and China, set to take place later on Monday.

Officials from the United States, Japan and South Korea held phone calls following the announcement and shared the view that North Korea’s satellite launch using ballistic missile technology would violate U.N. resolutions, Japan’s Foreign Ministry said .

The officials agreed to demand that North Korea cancel the planned launch, the ministry said in an emailed news release.