North Korea's new spy satellite draws US backlash

The United States on Tuesday rebuked North Korea and warned it to cease provocative behavior after Pyongyang claimed to have successfully launched its first spy satellite. The North's state-run Chongnyon Chongwi newspaper, citing the National Aerospace Technology Administration, said the country put satellite Malligyong-1 into orbit at 10:42 p.m on November 21. Kim Jong Un, the supreme leader, was reportedly at the launch site to witness the event. The U.N. Security Council has banned the one-party state from sending up any satellites, seen as benefitting its ballistic missile program. Pyongyang...