North Korean leader Kim Jong-un visits a munitions factory on Wednesday to review the production of a "new-type 155 mm self-propelled gun-howitzer" destined for three battalions to be stationed at a long-range artillery unit along the southern border. (KCNA via Yonhap) North Korea plans to deploy a»»»

- North Korean leader Kim Jong Un said the country's navy would have a "powerful offensive capability" during a visit to a 5,000-ton destroyer to oversee a missile test, North Korea's KCNA state news agency reported on Thursday. Kim spoke about his calls to modernize the North Korean Navy and boost»»»

PoliticsNorth KoreaNorth Korea: Kim visits warship, oversees missile launchMark Hallam with AP, ReutersKim Jong Un visited a modernized navy warship and observed a missile test, state media KCNA reported. He called for two ships of this destroyer class or higher to be built every year. https://p.dw»»»

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North Korean leader Kim Jong Un oversaw tests this week of his country’s state-of-the-art naval destroyer, including a launch of a sea-to-surface cruise missile, state media reported Thursday. The tests come shortly after Kim led a major once-in-five-years Party Congress, at which he renewed goals »»»

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Kim Jong Un supervised the launch of sea-to-surface ‘strategic cruise missiles’ from country’s new naval destroyer. North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has overseen the test-firing of “strategic cruise missiles” from a new 5,000-tonne naval destroyer before the vessel’s official commissioning, accordin»»»

Seoul - North Korean leader Kim Jong Un oversaw tests this week of his country’s state-of-the-art naval destroyer, including a launch of a sea-to-surface cruise missile, state media reported on March 5. The tests come shortly after he led a major once-in-five-years Party Congress, at which he renew»»»