Seoul [South Korea], November 25: North Korean leader Kim Jong-un examined photos taken by the country's new spy satellite of "main target areas," according to KCNA News Agency.
North Korea claimed to have successfully launched a military surveillance satellite into orbit on November 21, but South Korean defense officials and analysts said the satellite's capabilities had not been independently verified, according to Reuters.
Meanwhile, KCNA reported today, November 25, that Mr. Kim Jong-un checked the photos during his visit to the control center of the National Aerospace Technology Administration (NATA) in Pyongyang on November 24. Also according to KCNA, these photos were taken when the satellite flew over the Korean peninsula on the morning of November 24, including images of Seoul and other Korean cities including Mokpo, Kunsan, Pyeongtaek and Osan, where there are US and Korean military bases.
NATA reported to Mr. Kim Jong-un about the plan to take regional photos of Korea as well as the additional adjustment process of the reconnaissance satellite, and this process will continue today, November 25, according to KCNA.
The US State Department said that top diplomats from the US, South Korea and Japan on November 24 "strongly condemned" North Korea's spy satellite launch on November 21 because "it has a destabilizing impact on the country". region", according to Reuters.
Previously, KCNA reported that Mr. Kim had seen images of military bases on the US Pacific territory of Guam .
Meanwhile, South Korean Defense Minister Shin Won-sik said on November 23 that North Korea was "exaggerating" when he said that Mr. Kim had seen images of Guam island, according to Yonhap. "Even if it enters a normal orbit, it will take a considerable amount of time to perform normal reconnaissance operations," Mr. Shin affirmed.
Source: ThanhNien Newspaper