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N Korea’s Kim eyes more warships as damaged destroyer relaunched

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, centre, and his daughter Kim Ju Ae, back left, attend the launch ceremony of a warship that had been damaged upon its first attempt to launch, in Rajin, North Korea, on June 12, 2025 [Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) via Reuters]

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has promised to build more warships and deploy them to the Pacific Ocean, as he officiated at the relaunching of a destroyer that partially sank during its inauguration last month, state media reports.

The Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) reported on Friday that Kim presided over the ceremony for the 5,000-tonne destroyer at the Rajin shipyard in the country’s far north. The ship has been named Kang Kon after a senior North Korean military official who was killed in action during the Korean War.

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