North Korea's Kim Inspects Spy Satellite Photos of 'Target Regions'

23 November 2023, North Korea, Pyongyang: North Korean leader Kim Jong-un (C), alongside his daughter Ju-ae (2nd L), joins a photo session with a group of engineers and scientists, who have contributed to the country's successful launch of a military spy satellite, at the National Aerospace Technology Administration. Photo: -/KCNA/dpa
23 November 2023, North Korea, Pyongyang: North Korean leader Kim Jong-un (C), alongside his daughter Ju-ae (2nd L), joins a photo session with a group of engineers and scientists, who have contributed to the country's successful launch of a military spy satellite, at the National Aerospace Technology Administration. Photo: -/KCNA/dpa
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North Korea's Kim Inspects Spy Satellite Photos of 'Target Regions'

23 November 2023, North Korea, Pyongyang: North Korean leader Kim Jong-un (C), alongside his daughter Ju-ae (2nd L), joins a photo session with a group of engineers and scientists, who have contributed to the country's successful launch of a military spy satellite, at the National Aerospace Technology Administration. Photo: -/KCNA/dpa
23 November 2023, North Korea, Pyongyang: North Korean leader Kim Jong-un (C), alongside his daughter Ju-ae (2nd L), joins a photo session with a group of engineers and scientists, who have contributed to the country's successful launch of a military spy satellite, at the National Aerospace Technology Administration. Photo: -/KCNA/dpa

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un inspected photos taken by the country's new spy satellite of "major target regions", including the South Korean capital of Seoul and cities that host US.military bases, state media said on Saturday.
Nuclear-armed North Korea launched the satellite on Tuesday, but South Korean defense officials and analysts said its capabilities have not been independently verified, Reuters reported.
Kim examined photos of Seoul and other cities of Mokpo, Kunsan, Pyeongtaek and Osan, where US and South Korean military bases are located. The photos were taken as the satellite passed over the peninsula on Friday morning, state news agency KCNA said.
Kim examined the photos, as well as images of some areas within North Korea, during a visit on Friday to the control center of the National Aerospace Technology Administration (NATA) in Pyongyang.
On Saturday, Kim visited the control center once again to examine more photos taken in the morning of different target regions in South Korea: Jinhae, Busan, Ulsan, Pohang, Daegu and Gangneung.
One photo showed US aircraft carrier Carl Vinson, which arrived at a port in the South Korean city of Busan on Tuesday, according to KCNA.
During the visit, Kim also inspected photos of US Naval Station Pearl Harbor and Hickam Air Force Base taken by the satellite as it passed over Hawaii early on Saturday.
In a separate commentary carried by KCNA on Saturday, North Korea criticized the United States for providing advanced weapons to its "puppets", saying that even a small spark on the Korean peninsula would result in a global nuclear war.
"The United States had better ponder over the catastrophic consequences entailed by the arms offer to the puppet forces," it said.
Top diplomats of Japan, South Korea and the United States spoke on Friday and "strongly condemned the (Nov. 21) launch for its destabilizing effect on the region," the US State Department said in a statement.
Earlier this week, KCNA said Kim viewed images taken above the US Pacific territory of Guam of US military installations.



French Politicians Condemn Mosque Stabbing Attack

A protestor holds a sign reading "Justice for Aboubakar, Islamophobia kills" during a gathering in tribute to Aboubakar, the worshipper killed in a mosque at La Grand-Combe, and against Islamophobia, at the Place de la Republique in Paris on April 27, 2025. (Photo by Alain JOCARD / AFP)
A protestor holds a sign reading "Justice for Aboubakar, Islamophobia kills" during a gathering in tribute to Aboubakar, the worshipper killed in a mosque at La Grand-Combe, and against Islamophobia, at the Place de la Republique in Paris on April 27, 2025. (Photo by Alain JOCARD / AFP)
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French Politicians Condemn Mosque Stabbing Attack

A protestor holds a sign reading "Justice for Aboubakar, Islamophobia kills" during a gathering in tribute to Aboubakar, the worshipper killed in a mosque at La Grand-Combe, and against Islamophobia, at the Place de la Republique in Paris on April 27, 2025. (Photo by Alain JOCARD / AFP)
A protestor holds a sign reading "Justice for Aboubakar, Islamophobia kills" during a gathering in tribute to Aboubakar, the worshipper killed in a mosque at La Grand-Combe, and against Islamophobia, at the Place de la Republique in Paris on April 27, 2025. (Photo by Alain JOCARD / AFP)

French politicians on Sunday condemned an attack in which a man was stabbed to death while praying at a mosque in southern France, an incident that was captured on video and disseminated on Snapchat.
President Emmanuel Macron offered his support to the man's family and to the French Muslim community, writing in a post on X: "Racism and religiously motivated hatred will never belong in France."
Interior Minister Bruno Retailleau on Sunday visited the town of Ales where Friday's attack took place and met with religious leaders, Reuters reported.
He said the suspect, who was still at large, had made anti-Muslim comments and had said he wanted to kill others. "So there is a fascination with violence," Retailleau told French broadcaster BFM TV.
The town's prosecutor told reporters on Sunday the suspect had been identified. The suspect's brother had been questioned by investigators on Saturday.
A march to commemorate the victim took place in the nearby town of La Grand-Combe, on Sunday afternoon and a demonstration against Islamophobia was expected in Paris in the evening.
France, a country that prides itself on its homegrown secularism known as "laicite," has the largest Muslim population in Europe, numbering more than 6 million and making up around 10% of the country's population.