North Korea is celebrating the scientists involved in Sunday's successful rocket launch.

Pyongyang says it launched a satellite.

Critics however, say it was a cover for North Korea's programme to develop ballistic missile technology.

People lined the streets of Pyongyang to welcome the technical teams back from the launch site.

The United Nations has condemned the launch.

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