Satellite images show one of Kim Jong-Un’s mysterious superyachts parked close to a secret beach resort off the North Korean coast.
The huge 180ft (55m) vessel was spotted on the Hodo Peninsula, north of Wonsan, between August 3 and August 5.
The sighting, by Planet Labs, comes after the dictator returned to public view to declare victory over Covid after what is believed to be an almost fortnight-long absence.
It is thought to be the first time the superyacht – which features a distinctive red roof – has arrived at the resort, which is only accessible by sea or small roads far from major cities.
The yacht’s roof was painted green when it was spotted at one of the tyrant’s coastal mansions in Wonsan in April 2020.
Earlier the boat appeared at a separate mansion owned by the North Korean leader on the Hodo Peninsula in July 2019.
It was apparently seen anchored at Sin Island, off the coast of Wonsan, while Kim took a hiatus from public life in July, according to The Sun.
He has an even larger superyacht measuring 195ft (60m) – which is said to have been taken out of storage and placed in front of his main Wonsan beach compound between August 5 and 10.
The vessel, dubbed a floating amusement park, includes two waterslides, an Olympic-sized swimming pool and a multi-storey lounge.
Kim has become increasingly reclusive as the notoriously secret country battles the Covid pandemic.
Yesterday he claimed North Korea’s widely disputed success in containing the virus in three months would be hailed a global miracle.
But his own sister suggested he had succumbed to the outbreak – which he blamed on patients touching ‘alien things’ from South Korea.
However the pandemic has not hindered his ambitions to wage war on the West – as he vowed to use nuclear weapons if tensions with South Korea and the US escalate into a war.
Metro.co.uk exclusively revealed satellite images showing North Korea’s huge underground arms lair – said to spread over 176,000 sq ft.
The secretive Kanggye General Tractor Plant is thought to employ up to 20,000 people in what is widely regarded as the engine room of the rogue state’s defence infrastructure.
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