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Free Malaysia Today
7 days ago
- Politics
- Free Malaysia Today
North Korea vows to build new warship by October next year
North Korea in June restored a 5,000-tonne destroyer that was damaged during a failed launch attempt. (KCNA/EPA Images pic) SEOUL : North Korean officials and shipyard workers pledged to complete construction of a new navy destroyer warship by Oct 10 next year, state news agency KCNA reported today. Video footage from North Korea's state-run television KRT accompanying the news showed shipbuilding workers standing to attention listening to speeches at the Nampho shipyard, as well as several cranes and people nearby working with safety helmets and uniforms. In June, North Korea restored a 5,000-tonne destroyer that was damaged during an earlier failed launch attempt, with leader Kim Jong Un pledging a more modern naval fleet to enhance the country's maritime power in the Pacific Ocean against what he said were provocations by the US and its allies, according to KCNA.
Free Malaysia Today
7 days ago
- Politics
- Free Malaysia Today
North Korea plans to build another 5,000-tonne destroyer
Kim Jong Un said Pyongyang will construct their third destroyer ship, described as 'a powerful warship of our own type'. (EPA Images pic) SEOUL : North Korea vowed to build an additional 5,000-tonne destroyer for its navy, state media reported Tuesday, after the nuclear-armed country launched two similar vessels this year. Leader Kim Jong Un has vowed to ramp up his country's naval capacities and presided over the April launch of the country's first 5,000-tonne destroyer-class naval ship, the Choe Hyon. South Korea's military has said the ship could have been developed with Russian help, possibly in exchange for deploying thousands of troops to help Moscow fight in Ukraine. Kim also presided over the botched launch of the destroyer Kang Kon in May, which was subsequently repaired and set afloat in June. Workers at the Nampho Shipyard pledged Monday at a rally to complete the new warship by October 10 next year, according to Pyongyang's official Korean Central News Agency. The date marks the anniversary of the founding of the ruling Workers' Party of Korea. The North will now construct the 'Choe Hyon-class Destroyer No. 3', which it described as 'a powerful warship of our own type'. The Nampho dockyard manager urged workers to meet the construction deadline to uphold the party's 'plan for building a powerful army' and 'to firmly defend the inviolable maritime sovereignty and national interests', KCNA said. South Korea's new president, Lee Jae-myung, elected last month in a snap election, has promised a more dovish approach towards Pyongyang compared with that of his hawkish impeached predecessor, Yoon Suk Yeol. The Lee administration has halted loudspeaker propaganda broadcasts along the border, which Seoul began last year following a barrage of trash-filled balloons flown southward by Pyongyang. Seemingly in response, North Korea also ended its own propaganda broadcasts which had relayed strange and eerie noises into the South.
Al Arabiya
22-07-2025
- Politics
- Al Arabiya
North Korea plans to build another 5,000-ton destroyer
North Korea vowed to build an additional 5,000-ton destroyer for its navy, state media reported Tuesday, after the nuclear-armed country launched two similar vessels this year. Leader Kim Jong Un has vowed to ramp up his country's naval capacities, and presided over the April launch of the country's first 5,000-ton destroyer-class naval ship, the Choe Hyon. South Korea's military has said the ship could have been developed with Russian help, possibly in exchange for deploying thousands of troops to help Moscow fight in Ukraine. Kim also presided over the botched launch of the destroyer Kang Kon in May, which was subsequently repaired and set afloat in June. Workers at the Nampho Shipyard pledged Monday at a rally to complete the new warship by October 10 next year, according to Pyongyang's official Korean Central News Agency. The date marks the anniversary of the founding of the ruling Workers' Party of Korea. The North will now construct the 'Choe Hyon-class Destroyer No. 3' which it described as 'a powerful warship of our own type.' The Nampho dockyard manager urged workers to meet the construction deadline to uphold the party's 'plan for building a powerful army' and 'to firmly defend the inviolable maritime sovereignty and national interests,' KCNA said. South Korea's new president, Lee Jae-myung, elected last month in a snap election, has promised a more dovish approach towards Pyongyang, compared with that of his hawkish impeached predecessor Yoon Suk Yeol. The Lee administration has halted loudspeaker propaganda broadcasts along the border, which Seoul began last year following a barrage of trash-filled balloons flown southward by Pyongyang. Seemingly in response, North Korea also ended its own propaganda broadcasts which had relayed strange and eerie noises into the South.
CNA
22-07-2025
- Politics
- CNA
North Korea plans to build another 5,000-ton destroyer
SEOUL: North Korea vowed to build an additional 5,000-ton destroyer for its navy, state media reported on Tuesday (Jul 22), after the nuclear-armed country launched two similar vessels this year. Leader Kim Jong Un has vowed to ramp up his country's naval capacities, and presided over the April launch of the country's first 5,000-ton destroyer-class naval ship, the Choe Hyon. South Korea's military has said the ship could have been developed with Russian help, possibly in exchange for deploying thousands of troops to help Moscow fight in Ukraine. Kim also presided over the botched launch of the destroyer Kang Kon in May, which was subsequently repaired and set afloat in June. Workers at the Nampho Shipyard pledged Monday at a rally to complete the new warship by Oct 10 next year, according to Pyongyang's official Korean Central News Agency. The date marks the anniversary of the founding of the ruling Workers' Party of Korea. The North will now construct the "Choe Hyon-class Destroyer No. 3" which it described as "a powerful warship of our own type". The Nampho dockyard manager urged workers to meet the construction deadline to uphold the party's "plan for building a powerful army" and "to firmly defend the inviolable maritime sovereignty and national interests," KCNA said. South Korea's new president, Lee Jae-myung, elected last month in a snap election, has promised a more dovish approach towards Pyongyang, compared with that of his hawkish impeached predecessor Yoon Suk Yeol. The Lee administration has halted loudspeaker propaganda broadcasts along the border, which Seoul began last year following a barrage of trash-filled balloons flown southward by Pyongyang.
DW
22-07-2025
- Politics
- DW
North Korea announces plans to build third navy destroyer – DW – 07/22/2025
North Korea launched two 5,000-ton destroyers this year — one of which was delayed after it capsized at its launch ceremony. Kim Jong Un has vowed to build up the country's maritime power. North Korea has announced plans to build a third 5,000-ton destroyer for its navy by October next year. The announcement on Tuesday comes after North Korea launched its first 5,000-ton destroyer-class naval ship, the Choe Hyon, in April. A second ship, the Kang Kon, capsized at its launch ceremony in May. It was subsequently repaired and set afloat the following month. Workers at the Nampho Shipyard attended a rally where they pledged to construct the new ship by October 10, 2026 — the anniversary of the founding of the ruling Workers' Party of Korea. The head of the shipyard urged workers to meet this deadline to uphold the party's "plan for building a powerful army" and "to firmly defend the inviolable maritime sovereignty and national interests," the state-run Korean Central News Agency said. "We must develop our naval power more comprehensively and rapidly so that the enemy cannot even think of carrying out aggressive actions in the waters around us," North Korea's leader Kim Jong Un said back in June. Tuesday's announcement comes as South Korea's new President Lee Jae Myung adopts a more dovish stance towards the north compared to his impeached predecessor Yoon Suk Yeol.
