Last year North Korea's newest destroyer rolled over at its own launch, and the world assumed the program was finished for years. Instead Pyongyang repaired the ship, ran integrated weapons trials, ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. North Korean leader Kim Jong Un speaks during the second plenary meeting of the Ninth Central Committee of the Workers' Party of ...

The Kang Kon suffered a botched broadside launch in May 2025 that ended in the vessel capsizing and its hull being partially crushed.

The hermetic nation is under multiple sets of sanctions over a nuclear programme its leaders have vowed to pursue as an ...

SEOUL—Kim Jong Un is taking his nuclear ambitions to the high seas. On Thursday, the North Korean leader, clad in his signature black leather jacket, inspected his country’s first nuclear-capable ...

Satellite images have picked out two new North Korean warships — the largest it has constructed in 25 years and an important “wake-up call” on the effectiveness of sanctions, a US think-tank said on ...

North Korea on Thursday fired shells into waters near a South Korean warship on patrol south of the disputed Yellow Sea border, prompting an evacuation of residents on a nearby island, officials said.

Seoul (CNN) — North Korea on Tuesday commissioned its largest-ever warship, a 5,000-ton destroyer that military analysts say could give Pyongyang’s adversaries something more to think about in a time ...

SEOUL, South Korea — North Korea has commissioned a 5,000-ton destroyer that leader Kim Jong Un touts as a symbol of the country’s growing naval and nuclear capabilities, state media reported ...