❗ππ°π΅ - North Korean state media released footage of the country's successful launch of a spy satellite, two days after the launch took place on Tuesday night. pic.twitter.com/wdOLenVUjL
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BBC: North Korea: Kim Jong Un celebrates 'space power' after spy satellite launch
North Korea's leader Kim Jong Un has congratulated his team of scientists for launching a spy satellite, calling it a "new era of space power".
He described the mission as a "full-fledged exercise in self defence".
North Korea fired a rocket believed to contain the spy satellite on Tuesday.
It claimed it was a success but South Korea said it was too soon to tell if the satellite is functioning, after two previous launches failed.
Mr Kim appeared at a reception of space scientists and technicians on Thursday with his wife Ri Sol Ju and, daughter, Kim Ju Ae, according to the state-run Korean Central News Agency (KCNA).
He said the launch "had propelled the country into a new era of space power", KCNA said.
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WNU Editor: South Korea is blaming Russia for this launch .... South Korea says Russian help likely enabled North Korea to launch a spy satellite (ABC News/AP).
Update: Hmmmm .... maybe the launch was not successful .... North Korean rocket stage exploded after satellite launch, video shows (Reuters).
Update #2: Here is a gloomy assessment on US policy and the possibility of nuclear war on the Korean peninsula .... Why North Korea may use nuclear weapons first, and why current US policy toward Pyongyang is unsustainable (Robert E. Kelly, Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists).
Kim Jong-un Hails North Korea's Satellite Launch Calling It A "New Era Of Space Power"
North Korean leader praises scientists for launch of spy satellite -- NHK
Kim's Daughter, Scientists Celebrate Spy Satellite Launch With Matching Tees -- Bloomberg
North Korea celebrates ‘new era of a space power’ after satellite launch -- Al Jazeera
North Korean spy satellite team attend banquet with Kim Jong-un and daughter Ju Ae -- The Guardian
North Korea's spy satellite launch celebration: Kim Jong Un's daughter, scientists don matching t-shirts -- Newsable Asianet News