North Korean dictator Kim Jong-un photographed studying map of disputed South Korean island with military top brass
Extraordinary photo emerges showing warlord studying a map of South Korean island prompting fears of an invasion
NORTH KOREA’S nuclear warlord wannabe Kim Jong-un has ignited fears of an imminent attack on a South Korean island.
A photograph that have emerged from the hermit state’s media appear to show Kim poring over a map of Baengnyeong Island.
The images was taken yesterday as Kim and various high-ranking North Korean officials visited a coastal defence station located on the Mahap Isle.
A statement by the secretive regimes propaganda mouthpiece, Korean Central News Agency, said: “He [Kim] mounted an observation post where he learned in detail about the deployment of artillery pieces and combat readiness after being briefed on the firepower strike plan of the detachment.
“Urging the service personnel of the detachment to do their bit once a fight breaks out.”
The release of the provocative photographs comes just weeks after the rogue state conducted its fourth nuclear test in January and fifth in September in defiance of furious international reaction and stiff sanctions.
The disputed island Baengnyeong belongs to South Korea and is directly on the sea border of the divided peninsula.
While the isle is only 17 miles wide and 5 miles wide, it could act as a stepping stone for Kim’s forces in the event of an invasion.
Many defectors also flee the Stalinist state to the island which is also used as a spy post.
Yesterday, U.S. officials warned people against going to North Korea for their annual holidays – because it is propping up Kim’s nuclear weapons programme.
Meanwhile, North Korea's state radio station has begun broadcasting mysterious "number station" codes believed to be messages to spies embedded in Western nations like Britain.
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