A North Korean soldier snuck a photo through a window of Secretary of State Rex Tillerson on Friday as he visited a United Nations base on the border between North and South Korea.
Tillerson had been posing for a photo with Gen. Vincent Brooks, commander of U.S. Forces Korea in the border village of Panmunjom inside the Demilitarized Zone. A Reuters photographer who snapped their picture also caught a glimpse, at that very moment, of a North Korean soldier holding up a camera to take a picture through a window behind Tillerson and Brooks.
NBC News’ Brad Jaffy tweeted a close-up picture of Tillerson and the North Korean soldier behind him.
Rear Window: North Korean soldier takes a photo of Rex Tillerson at the DMZ pic.twitter.com/EHCIR3Fjo6
— Bradd Jaffy (@BraddJaffy) March 17, 2017
Journalists had some fun with the picture on Twitter, including New York Times White House correspondent Glenn Thrush. He joked in response to Jaffy’s post, “Guess he really was serious about improving press access.”
A number of State Department journalists have complained about the number of U.S. journalists allowed to accompany Tillerson as he travels through Asia.
SecState Tillerson joins an elite club of US diplomats photobombed by North Korean soldiers: pic.twitter.com/syhbYcCIa2
— Ben Watson (@natsecwatson) March 17, 2017
