North Korea: Mr. Kim Jong Un allegedly received satellite images of the Pentagon and White House, according to Pyongyang’s official media as North Korea’s ambassador made a rare appearance at the UN Security Council to defend his nation’s launch of a spy satellite.
North Korea launched the satellite last week, in violation of Security Council resolutions, according to South Korea, Japan, and other Western nations, as per the statement.
North Korea’s ambassador to the UN, Mr. Kim Song, decried other nations’ lack of satellite restrictions at the Security Council.
“No other nation in the world is in the security environment as critical as the DPRK. One belligerent party, the United States, is threatening us with a nuclear weapon,” said Mr. Song.
“It is a legitimate right for the DPRK as another belligerent party to develop, test, manufacture and possess weapons systems equivalent to those that the United States possesses or is developing,” Mr. Song added.
The nation claims that images of important military locations in the US and South Korea, as well as pictures of Rome, the Italian capital, have already been obtained by its satellite.
North Korea’s official KCNA news agency said that Mr. Kim received “in detail” photos of the Pentagon and the White House on Monday, which he later looked over.
According to the agency, the North Korean leader counted the number of aircraft carriers at a Virginia shipyard and military installation.
“We intentionally reduce risk and pursue transparency by announcing the exercises in advance including the dates and the activities, unlike the DPRK,” US Ambassador to the UN, Ms. Linda Thomas-Greenfield, remarked.
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