An international aviation organization plans to visit North Korea next year.
It's reportedly going to check on whether the regime has made efforts to keep its promise of suspending unannounced missile launches.
This comes as Pyongyang gave consent to the on-site inspection.
Kim Hyo-sun tells us more.
North Korea has agreed to allow the Montreal-based International Civil Aviation Organization to conduct on-site safety inspections for international flights from the regime's missile launches.
Citing an official at the organization,... Japan's Kyodo News Agency reported Sunday that Pyongyang gave such an assurance in May when high-ranking officials from the UN agency visited the country.
Accordingly,... the ICAO plans to send personnel to the North sometime next year to verify whether the regime has taken appropriate measures to keep its pledge of refraining from launching ballistic missiles without prior notice.
The 192-member organization has repeatedly condemned the North for unannounced missile launches as it poses a severe threat to planes flying in the region.
Kyodo says such a move can be seen as an effort by the regime to improve ties with the international community,... while gaining trust over its pledge to halt such launches.
The upcoming inspection,... the second of its kind in a decade,... is expected to include interviews with the North's aviation authorities,... with the aim of ensuring that the regime complies with international aviation regulations.
Kim Hyo-sun, Arirang News.
