Kim Jong-un checks satellite images targeting US bases?

North Korea said it 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 South Korean cities including Mokpo, Kunsan, Pyeongtaek and Osan, where there are US and South Korean military bases.

North Korean leader Kim Jong-un visits the general control center of the National Aerospace Technology Administration, in this photo released by KCNA on November 25.

NATA reported to Kim Jong-un on the plan to take regional photos of South Korea as well as the additional adjustment process of the spy satellite, and this process will continue today, November 25, according to KCNA.

The US State Department said that the top diplomats of 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 region", according to Reuters.

Earlier, KCNA reported that Mr. Kim viewed images of military bases on the US territory of Guam in the Pacific .

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, according to Yonhap. "Even if it goes into a normal orbit, it would take a considerable amount of time to carry out normal reconnaissance activities," Mr. Shin affirmed.

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