Nampho: North Korean leader Kim Jong-un has participated in a launching ceremony of a new destroyer for the country's navy, touting the military's efforts to enhance its maritime power, the North's Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) said Saturday.
According to Yonhap News Agency, North Korea unveiled its new 5,000-ton multipurpose destroyer at the ceremony held at a shipyard in North Korea's western port city of Nampho on Friday. The event coincided with the 93rd founding anniversary of the People's Revolutionary Army, as reported by the KCNA.
Kim was quoted as saying the destroyer will build up the strength for "thoroughly defending" the maritime sovereignty of North Korea. He emphasized that the vessel will serve as an important starting point on its road toward advanced maritime power.