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An aerial view during a ceremony for launching a "new multipurpose destroyer," as per state media KCNA's reports, in Nampo, North Korea, in this handout picture released on April 26, 2025, by the Korean Central News Agency. Photo: KCNA via REUTERS

North Korea unveils new 'Kim Jong Un style' 5,000-tonne warship

The 5,000-tonne warship was equipped with the "most powerful weapons" and built "within 400-odd days perfectly with our own strength and technology," Jo Chun Ryong, a secretary...

Images released by state media showed Kim peering through the scope of a sniper rifle on a visit to special forces. Photo: STR/KCNA VIA KNS/AFP

North Korea's Kim fires new sniper rifle while visiting troops

North Korea's leader Kim Jong Un sits in his vehicle after arriving at a railway station in Dong Dang, Vietnam, at the border with China, February 26, 2019. Photo: REUTERS/Athit Perawongmetha/File Photo

North Korea's Kim calls for building modern army to brace for war

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un visits the Ministry of National Defense on the occasion of the 76th anniversary of the founding of the Korean People's Army in Pyongyang, North Korea in this picture released on February 9, 2024 by the Korean Central News Agency. Photo: KCNA via REUTERS/File Photo

North Korea's Kim Jong Un visits missile bases, cites US nuclear threat

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un inspects the headquarters of the 2nd Corps of North Korean army, October 17, 2024, in this photo released by North Korea's official Korean Central News Agency. Photo: KCNA via REUTERS

North Korea's Kim Jong Un calls South Korea a foreign, hostile country

North Korea's leader Kim Jong Un addresses the Supreme People's Assembly, North Korea's parliament, which passed a law officially enshrining its nuclear weapons policies, in Pyongyang, North Korea, September 8, 2022 in this photo released by North Korea's Korean Central News Agency (KCNA). KCNA via REUTERS

North Korea's Kim Jong Un wants to speed up becoming a nuclear superpower

A view of a plenary meeting of the Standing Committee of the North Korean parliament, the Supreme People's Assembly (SPA), in Pyongyang, North Korea, September 15, 2024, in this photo released by North Korea's official Korean Central News Agency. Photo: KCNA via REUTERS

North Korea's parliament to convene session to discuss constitutional amendment

North Korean leader Kim Jong-un, meets with a delegation led by Sergei Shoigu, Secretary of the Security Council of Russia, in this photo released by North Korea's official Korean Central News Agency September 14, 2024. Photo: KCNA via REUTERS

North Korea's Kim meets Russia's Shoigu, vows more cooperation: KCNA

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un attends a ceremonial event to mark the delivery of new tactical ballistic missiles to his country's troops at an undisclosed location in North Korea, August 4, 2024 in this photo released by North Korea's official Korean Central News Agency. Photo: KCNA via REUTERS

North Korea's Kim Jong Un says country to increase number of nuclear weapons: KCNA

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un smiles while on a visit to the construction sites of various North Korean industrial factories on Saturday and Sunday, at an undisclosed location in North Korea, in this undated photo released by North Korea's official Korean Central News Agency August 26, 2024. Photo: KCNA via REUTERS/ File Photo

North Korean leader emphasises importance of strengthening naval power

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un chairs a key meeting of the country's ruling party in Pyongyang, North Korea, June 28, 2024 in this photo released by the North's official Korean Central News Agency. Photo: KCNA via REUTERS

North Korea executes around 30 govt officials after deadly floods and landslides: Report

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un attends the test of an upgraded 240 mm rocket launcher system, in North Korea, in this photo released by North Korea's official Korean Central News Agency August 28, 2024. Photo: KCNA via REUTERS

North Korea's Kim attends test-firing of rocket launcher

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un oversees a performance test of drones during a visit to the Drone Institute of North Korea's Academy of Defence Sciences at an undisclosed location in North Korea, August 24, 2024, in this photo released by North Korea's official Korean Central News Agency. Photo: KCNA via REUTERS

North Korea's Kim Jong Un oversees tests of 'suicide drones'