North Korea will launch multiple military reconnaissance satellites in the future to monitor “hostile military actions” by the U.S. and its allies in the region, Kim Jong Un reportedly said during a visit to a launch control center this week.

State media released their report on the visit just hours after conservative Yoon Suk-yeol won South Korea’s presidential election, suggesting a return to more hawkish inter-Korean policies. 

The DPRK leader inspected the Satellite Control Center (SCC) of the National Aerospace Development Administration (NADA) in Pyongyang to see results from reconnaissance satellite tests reportedly conducted on Feb. 27 and March