SEOUL South Korea on Nov 22 moved to suspend part of a military agreement it signed with Pyongyang in 2018, after the isolated North defied warnings from the United States and its allies and launched a spy satellite, calling it a success.
The suspension of a clause in the agreement will see South Korea stepping up military surveillance along the border.
North Korea said it placed its first spy satellite in orbit on Nov 21 and vowed to launch more in the near future.
Photographs published by North Korean state media showed what appeared to be leader Kim Jong Un watching the fiery launch of a rocket from a base.
He was later briefed on the satellite's initial operations at the control centre of the space agency in Pyongyang and viewed images taken above Guam of key US military installations, including Andersen Air Force Base, North Korea's KCNA state news agency said.
Mr Kim stressed the need to launch more reconnaissance satellites on different orbits to give his armed forces "abundant valuable real-time information about the enemy and further promote their responsive posture", it said.
The satellite would begin its formal reconnaissance mission on Dec 1, after adjustments, KCNA said.
South Korea and Japan, which first reported the launch, could not immediately verify whether a satellite was in orbit. Pentagon spokeswoman Sabrina Singh said the US military was still assessing whether the launch was a success.
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