State-run television KRT has released photos of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un giving out awards to scientists, technicians and officials involved in the recent rocket launch.

During his speech, Kim called for further space development, according to KRT.

KRT also broadcast photos showing scientists posing with Kim in front of the Kumsusan Palace of the Sun in Pyongyang, where the embalmed bodies of North Korean founder Kim Il Sung and former leader Kim Jong Il are preserved.

North Korea launched a long-range rocket called Kwangmyongsong-4, on February 7, carrying what it said was a satellite, drawing renewed international condemnation just weeks after it carried out a nuclear test on January 6.

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