The goal was to test whether Internet stations could be set up, how much they would cost, and how long they could operate.

VOA: special.2009.02.16

The cost of the test is set locally in each country.

VOA: special.2010.02.18

Japan,along with the United States and South Korea, have stated that North Korea appears set to carry out a long-range ballistic missile test that would violate a United Nations Security Council resolution approved in 2006 barring Pyongyang from such a launch.

VOA: standard.2009.04.03