Guided-missile Choe Hyon-class destroyer has been half-submerged since a distrous launch ceremony attented by dictactor ...

North Korea’s newest warship was severely damaged during a recent launch ceremony, with leader Kim Jong Un, who witnessed the ...

North Korean ruler Kim Jong Un said a new naval destroyer was damaged in a "serious accident and criminal act caused by ...

Satellite images and videos show how launching a 5,000-ton warship into the water sideways can cause it to capsize if done ...

North Korea’s newest 5,000-ton destroyer failed to launch, in an embarrassing accident witnessed in real time by the ...

The naval destroyer was to be launched as part of North Korea’s ambitious naval modernisation effort. However, on May 21, a ...

After a bungled launch, the vessel appears to be stuck and lying on its side in the water. North Korea said it was a ...

He vows to punish as criminals those responsible for the failure, in which the ship had its hull torn open and ended up on ...

A North Korean top defense official has been arrested as Kim Jong Un goes after those deemed responsible for last week's ...

Kim Jong Un was reportedly enraged by the "sheer carelessness" leading to the botched launch of the regime's second destroyer ...

Kim promised to punish those responsible for the “catastrophic failure” after the naval vessel partially capsized during a ...

The following is the May 23, 2025, Congressional Research Service In Focus report, North Korea’s Nuclear Weapons and Missile ...