The Latest Breaking News from Kim Jong Un

State media shows leader Kim Jong Un and his family enjoying a banquet with scientists and engineers from the project.

South Korea's spy agency has told lawmakers that Russian support likely enabled North Korea to put a spy satellite into orbit for the first time this week

The "Malligyong-1" was launched Tuesday, Pyongyang's third attempt at securing a military eye in the sky after two failures in May and August, with Kim Jong Un already reviewing images of US military bases in Guam, the North's state media has reported.

South Korea had already withdrawn from parts of the deal after Pyongyang launched a spy satellite on Tuesday.

North Korean state media claims its Malligyong-1 spy satellite reached orbit on Tuesday (Nov. 21); if true, this would mark the first time the nation has accomplished such a feat.

Pyongyang says its Malligyong-1 military reconnaissance satellite is in orbit, but some remain sceptical.

The US National Security Council called the launch 'brazen violation' of resolutions drawn up by the UN

The South Korean announcement — which will likely infuriate North Korea — came hours after the North claimed to have placed a military reconnaissance satellite into orbit.

South Korea says it will partially suspend an inter-Korean agreement to restart frontline aerial surveillance of North Korea, after the North said it launched a military spy satellite in violation of United Nations bans

North Korea said Wednesday it had succeeded in putting a military spy satellite in orbit after two previous failures, as the US led its allies in condemning the launch as a "brazen violation" of UN sanctions.

North Korea claimed to have successfully placed a spy satellite into orbit with its third launch attempt this year, demonstrating the nation's determination to build a space-based surveillance system.