North Korea revealed the wreckage of an 'enemy aircraft' that it claimed to have recovered from the West Sea last year.
The Labor Party's organ, Rodong Sinmun, reported on the 17th that the newly exhibited 'enemy aircraft wreckage', which was recovered from the waters near Seohaecho (an island near Nampo) last year, has recently been displayed at the Museum of Captured Weapons at the Memorial Hall of Victory in the Fatherland Liberation War.
The newspaper stated that the exhibited aircraft wreckage is 'so badly damaged that it is hardly recognizable because it has been buried at the bottom of the sea for over 70 years after being shot down by the fierce firepower of the People's Army while flying through our sacred airspace after being deployed in the Korean War since July 1950.'
This comes as North Korea recently unveiled the wreckage of a U.S. military fighter jet it recovered last year, just ahead of the anniversary of the armistice on July 27. It is interpreted as an intention to frame the war as a victory and to foster animosity towards the United States.
Photos published in the newspaper show the wreckage of a propeller aircraft severely destroyed on display, with student visitors in youth group uniforms smiling and conversing in front of the wreckage. Given the appearances of the wreckage in the photos and the newspaper's report, the aircraft is estimated to be a U.S. military fighter jet deployed in the Korean War.