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North Korea to build 10,000-ton destroyer, state media says ahead of Xi’s visit
By Heejin Kim
SEOUL, June 6 (Reuters) – North Korea plans to build a 10,000-ton destroyer and develop secret underwater weapons, state media said on Saturday, ahead of a visit by Chinese President Xi Jinping.
The Rodong Sinmun newspaper, reporting on a Thursday naval test overseen by leader Kim Jong Un, said he had ordered the navy to deploy the destroyer Kang Kon and another 5,000-ton warship, the Choe Hyon, as soon as possible.
The newspaper did not provide further details.
It’s “the first time North Korea has discussed” a plan to build a 10,000-ton destroyer, said Hong Min, a senior analyst at South Korea’s Institute for National Unification.
Kim may seek to showcase the country’s military capabilities ahead of Xi’s visit on Monday and Tuesday, Hong said.
The North Korean leader said Pyongyang must strengthen its naval capabilities to prevent nuclear war, while calling for powerful military capabilities on land, sea and air, according to the newspaper.
Xi is making his first visit to North Korea in nearly seven years as Beijing seeks to reaffirm ties with Pyongyang, its only formal treaty ally.
Before the visit was announced, Kim called for an “exponential” expansion of North Korea’s atomic arsenal on Thursday during a visit to a newly operational nuclear materials production facility.
During Kim’s inspection of the ship, he was joined by his daughter, believed to be a teenager named Ju Ae, according to a photo published by the newspaper.
North Korea said in May 2025 that a 5,000-ton destroyer partially capsized during a launch ceremony in Chongjin port. Kim, who oversaw the “ceremony”, condemned the accident and called it a “criminal act” that could not be tolerated.
After the ship was repaired at Rajin Port, a second launching ceremony was held the following month, when the ship was named Kang Kon.
(Reporting by Heejin Kim; Additional reporting by Joyce Lee and Jack Kim; Editing by Mark Porter, Sanjeev Miglani and William Mallard)
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