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A new 5,000-ton destroyer key to North Korea's naval advancement was damaged during its launching ceremony attended by leader Kim Jong Un, state media reported Thursday. The ship slid off the ramp and became stuck after the flatcar failed to move alongside it, throwing off its balance and crushing parts…

A new North Korean warship was damaged in a “serious accident” during a launch ceremony attended by leader Kim Jong Un, state media reported Thursday in a rare admission of failure by the secretive nuclear-armed state. The 5,000-ton destroyer slid off a flatcar because of “inexperienced command and operational carelessness…

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North Korean leader Kim Jong Un oversaw tactical drill demonstrations and called for "full preparations for war," state-run media reported Wednesday. Photo by KCNA/EPA-EFE SEOUL, May 14 (UPI) -- North Korean leader Kim Jong Un supervised combined tactical drills of special operations forces and stressed "full preparations for war," state…

File image of North Korea's missile launch during a news program at Seoul Railway Station (AP) Seoul: North Korea fired multiple types of short-range ballistic missiles Thursday, South Korea's military said, around a week after leader Kim Jong Un tested a new weapons system for his latest warship. Seoul's military…

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has called for his munitions industry to boost the production of artillery shells, state media said Wednesday, as the country continues to supply arms and troops to support Russia’s war on Ukraine. North Korea’s official Korean Central News Agency said that Kim, during recent…

Experts have said that given its size, the warship is believed to carry both ship-to-surface and ship-to-air missiles. KCNA said Tuesday’s test was of “ship-to-ship tactical guided weapon, various kinds of ship-based automatic guns and smoke and electronic jamming guns”, involving the newly unveiled vessel. The news agency said Pyongyang…

View of what state media KCNA reported was a test-firing of the weapons system of the new "Choe Hyon-class" warship, in this picture released on April 30, 2025. — Reuters SEOUL: North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has ordered navy vessels to be speedily armed with nuclear weapons, state media…

SEOUL, South Korea — North Korea said Wednesday that leader Kim Jong Un had observed the first test-firings of missiles from a recently launched destroyer — the first such warship for the North — and called for accelerating efforts to strengthen his navy’s nuclear attack capabilities. North Korea last week…

By Shane Croucher is a Breaking News Editor based in London, UK. He has previously overseen the My Turn, Fact Check and News teams, and was a Senior Reporter before that, mostly covering U.S. news and politics. Shane joined Newsweek in February 2018 from IBT UK where he held various…