Intelligence officials are analyzing a photo of North Korean leader Kim Jong-un linking him directly to three drones that recently crashed in South Korea.

The picture was taken during a tour of a military base and shows an object that resembles the wings of unmanned aerial vehicles that were discovered in Paju north of Seoul and Samcheok in Gangwon Province.

The photo illustrated an article in March last year by the [North] Korean Central News Agency.

KCNA reported that Kim visited a military unit to inspect the latest combat equipment and offer strategies to deploy those weapons in battle. In the photo accompanying the article, Kim listens as officers show him various equipment. At the bottom left-hand corner of the photo sits a light-blue, wing-shaped object with a white cloud pattern.