Seoul: N. Korea erects mock-up of Seoul presidential palace
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}In this April 25, 2014, photo, a security official stands at the Blue House in Seoul, South Korea, before an official welcoming ceremony. South Korea said Wednesday, April 27, 2016, that North Korea has built a half-size mock-up of the South's presidential palace at a firing range in what looked like preparations for a live-fire drill. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak) (The Associated Press)
South Korea says North Korea has built a half-size mock-up of the South's presidential palace at a firing range in what looked like preparations for a live-fire drill.
The South's Joint Chiefs of Staff said Wednesday the information came from an analysis of South Korean satellite imagery.
North Korea in recent weeks has repeatedly threatened to strike the presidential palace and government buildings in Seoul amid the annual joint military drills between the United States and South Korea and heightened sanctions against the North over its recent nuclear test and long-range rocket launch.