Turns out they were not lying about that in regards to their missile test today, and this time was a complete success. The North American Aerospace Defense Command, or NORAD, later confirmed that North Korea did appear to have put an object into space that was later confirmed to be a satellite that is currently in orbit.
All nations had their fair share of failures before they achieved success and the North Koreans now have a Satellite in space that is ready to EMP North America on 12/21/12 =]
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There's actually a quite brilliant Vice documentary on the matter of Korean culture and indoctrination where the crew actually got inside NK on a tour of why it's the best nation on the planet. It's literally an alien world over there, with such bizarre cultural traditions and dated technology that will make you think you've gone back to the 1960's.