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![In this footage broadcast by Pyongyang's state-controlled Korean Central Television, a rocket carrying North Korea's first spy satellite, Malligyong-1, is launched from the Sohae satellite launching station in Cholsan County, North Pyongan Province, on Nov. 21, 2023. [YONHAP]](https://image.koreajoongangdaily.com/12363901.jpg?imageId=12363901&width=240&height=184&format=webp&format=jpg)
![In this photo released by Pyongyang's state-controlled Korean Central News Agency on Friday, North Korean leader Kim Jong-un, right, is seen seated next to his daughter Kim Ju-ae at a banquet held the previous night to celebrate the North's launch of a spy satellite earlier in the week. [YONHAP]](https://image.koreajoongangdaily.com/12137037.jpg?imageId=12137037&width=240&height=184&format=webp&format=jpg)