
N.K. leader inspects destroyer Choe Hyon
North Korean leader Kim Jong-un (L, rear) meets with sailors as he inspects the country's first 5,000-ton multipurpose destroyer, named the Choe Hyon, at a dockyard in the western coastal city of Nampho on Aug. 18, 2025, to check the integrated operation test of the destroyer's weapons system and the training and lives of its sailors, in this photo released by the North's official Korean Central News Agency the next day. (For Use Only in the Republic of Korea. No Redistribution) (Yonhap)
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