Uri Oron, center, director-general of the Israel Space Agency, is poised to sign the Artemis Accords in Israel, Jan. 26. Credit: Israel Space Agency

SEOUL, South Korea — Israel has joined the U.S.-led Artemis Accords for space exploration, hoping to use the agreement as a means of enhancing its space cooperation in the fields of research, science and innovation.

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Park Si-soo covers space industries in South Korea, Japan and other Asian countries. Park worked at The Korea Times — South Korea's leading English language newspaper — from 2007 to 2020. He earned a master’s degree in science journalism from Korea...