Japan stated on Monday, May 27, that North Korea had informed it of a plan to launch a satellite by June 3. This is apparently an attempt by North Korea to place its second military spy satellite into orbit, according to AP. The announcement of the launch came as the leaders of South Korea, Japan, and China gathered in Seoul for their first trilateral meeting. Japan’s coast guard said it had been informed by North Korea of the planned launch of a satellite rocket with safety warnings for waters between the Korean Peninsula and China and to the east of the Philippine island of Luzon from Monday…