SEOUL: North Korea warned Saturday it would "destroy" US spy satellites if Washington tries "any attack" on its space asset, after Pyongyang launched its first military eye in the sky last week.

A spokesman for the North's defense ministry said it would consider such a move a "declaration of war," according to a statement carried by the state-run Korean Central News Agency.

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