The dictator can be seen smiling and laughing as North Korea sent a inter-continental ballistic missile (ICBM) soaring over Japan.
Kim was pictured lounging in a chair as he watched the missile launch several hundred yards away. His outdoor viewing area was adorned with a desk, map and binoculars.
Other photographs show the leader gazing upwards with military officials watching data on two computer screens behind him.
The missile launch was a success, with the ICBM passing over Japan, causing panic for the millions of people below.
Japanese citizens were woken by emergency text alerts from the government warning them North Korea had fired a missile and to find shelter.
Sirens rang out across towns and cities and people were urged to take shelter in basements or “sturdy buildings”.
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The launch of the Hwasong-12 missile from an undisclosed location near the capital of Pyongyang has sparked a wave of international condemnation.
South Korea have already warned Pyongyang they will respond “strongly”.
Foreign minister Kang Kyung-wha said: “We will respond strongly based on our steadfast alliance with the United States if North Korea continues nuclear and missile provocations.”
The UK and America also hit out, along with countries who have traditionally been North Korean allies also condemning Kim.
Russia’s deputy foreign minister Sergei Ryabkov said the country was “extremely worried” about the launch and the “tendency towards an escalation”.
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Mr Rybakov said: “We see a tendency towards an escalation and we are extremely concerned by the general developments.”
Russian officials have been ordered to move 1,500 residents in Vladivostok, which borders North Korea, to “safe areas”, according to reports.
China also said the situation on the peninsula is now at “match point”.