Korea announced the image of Earth taken from space

Daily newspaper Rodong Sinmun, the mouthpiece of the North Korean Labor Party, published 58 color photographs that recorded the Earth's image taken from space.

Image of Earth taken from Korean space published on May 22, 2017.(Photo: Yonhap).

On May 22, Korea announced a series of images taken from space from Earth . The move comes after North Korea announced that it had successfully tested a new medium-range strategic ballistic missile Pukguksong-2 a day earlier.

According to Yonhap, the daily newspaper Rodong Sinmun, the North Korean Labor Party's official, published 58 color photographs capturing the image of Earth taken from space with the caption: "Strategic firing of ballistic missiles Land for land Pukguksong-2 has once again succeeded ". Remarkable among these images are five images believed to be taken while the Pukguksong-2 rocket entered the atmosphere.

The front page of the issue published on May 22 posted the image of North Korean leader Kim Jong-un and officials from the Korean Labor Party and General Kim Rok-gyom, Commander of the strategic forces of the Trieu army. Fairy, besides the image of Pukguksong-2 rocket rising from a mobile launcher. The report also quoted leader Kim Jong-un as expressing joy at the images taken and sent directly from a camera mounted on Pukguksong-2 ballistic missiles.