Has North Korea accidentally revealed a chilling secret in the background of this photo?
North Korea may have just inadvertently revealed evidence of a long history of nuclear weapon production in the background of a news bulletin.
In a state-controlled news broadcast this week on the country's arms conference a background portrait shows what appears to be former leader Kim Jong-il inspecting an atomic bomb.
The device in the photo resembles the one his son Jim Jong-un showed off when North Korea in September released pictures of its leader inspecting what they said was a newly developed hydrogen bomb.
It’s thought the portrait shown in the bulletin would have been taken sometime between 2006-2009 when the secretive regime carried out nuclear tests.
No previous photos of Kim Jong-il with atomic weapons have been made public.
An astute social media user first spotted the portrait, however others questioned whether it was purposely planted there.
“Is this an A-bomb or sth [something]?” Twitter user @xutianran wrote.
The photo's emergence follows current leader Kim Jong-Un's vow to make his nation "the strongest nuclear power and military power in the world."
Trump has promised that Kim will not be allowed to complete his effort to develop nuclear-armed intercontinental ballistic missiles capable of reaching mainland US cities.
"The president's views on North Korea have not changed. North Korea is acting in an unsafe way not only toward Japan, China and South Korea, but the entire world," While White House press secretary Sarah Sanders said this week.
"North Korea's actions are not good for anyone and certainly not good for North Korea," she added.
