North Korea last week successfully launched its first spy satellite, which it said was designed to monitor US and South Korean military activities.
North Korea's KCNA news agency said on November 28 that leader Kim Jong-un inspected the latest in a series of satellite images of "key target areas" sent to the ground, including the South Korean capital Seoul and US military bases.
Mr. Kim also examined satellite images of Andersen Air Force Base in Guam, a US territory in the Western Pacific , as well as a US shipyard and air base in Norfolk, Virginia, and Newport, Rhode Island, where four US nuclear-powered aircraft carriers and a British aircraft carrier were seen, according to KCNA.
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Earlier, KCNA reported on November 25 that Mr. Kim viewed satellite photos taken while flying over the Korean Peninsula on the morning of November 24, including images of Seoul and other South Korean cities such as Mokpo, Kunsan, Pyeongtaek and Osan, where US and South Korean military bases are located.
Seoul officials said North Korea's satellite capabilities could not be verified because the country has not released images sent back by its spy satellites.
The US and South Korea say North Korea's spy satellite launch violates UN Security Council resolutions that ban Pyongyang from using any ballistic technology.
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The US and North Korean ambassadors to the United Nations clashed on Tuesday over Pyongyang's satellite launch and the reasons for rising tensions on the Korean peninsula, in a rare public showdown.
According to Reuters, North Korean Ambassador Kim Song said that North Korea, as a belligerent party, "has the legitimate right to develop, test, produce and possess weapons systems similar to those the United States has possessed and (is) developing right now." "A belligerent party, the United States, is threatening us with nuclear weapons," Kim said at the Security Council.
In response, US Ambassador Linda Thomas-Greenfield said the US rejected North Korea's claim that its missile launches were purely defensive in nature, and insisted that US military exercises were routine, defensive in nature and announced in advance. "Once again, I want to express our sincere offer of unconditional dialogue, which North Korea simply needs to accept," she said.
In theory, North Korea and South Korea are still in a state of war, as the two sides only signed an armistice agreement during the 1950-1953 war and have yet to reach a peace agreement.
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