North Korea says spy satellite captured images of White House, Pentagon

North Korea

Published: 28 Nov. 2023, 10:42 Updated: 28 Nov. 2023, 10:53

North Korea says spy satellite captured images of White House, Pentagon

The National Aerospace Technology Administration’s Pyongyang General Control Center is pictured in this image carried by North's state-run Korean Central News Agency. [KOREAN CENTRAL NEWS AGENCY]

North Korea said its spy satellite also took images of the White House and the Pentagon, in addition to its previous claims it took pictures of U.S. bases in Korea and overseas.

The North's state-run Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) on Tuesday said its leader Kim Jong-un, who visited the National Aerospace Technology Administration’s Pyongyang General Control Center on Monday, received satellite images of major military facilities in the United States taken from the satellite.

The North said the images of the U.S. government buildings were taken when the satellite passed over the U.S. around 11:35 p.m. on Monday.

It added that the satellite also took pictures of Anderson Air Force Base in Guam, as well as Norfolk Naval Station, the Newport News shipyard and an airfield in Virginia, as well as four U.S. nuclear carriers and a British aircraft carrier at Norfolk Naval Station.

However, North Korea has yet to disclose the images.

This was Kim's fourth visit to the satellite command center since the satellite's launch a week ago.

BY LEE HO-JEONG [lee.hojeong@joongang.co.kr]