Multiple South Korean media organizations censored purported satellite images of Seoul that North Korea published on Monday, a move that could prevent readers and independent analysts from evaluating Pyongyang’s claims for themselves.

DPRK state media released the images of Seoul and Incheon in a report about a test launch for a military reconnaissance satellite the day before, but Yonhap News Agency and other outlets only published pixelated versions of the already low-resolution images, which showed the Yongsan area where South Korea’s presidential office is located.

The self-censorship by ROK media appears to stem