North Korea's state-run television KRT on Wednesday (June 24) aired a video of leader Kim Jong Un attending a commissioning ceremony of a destroyer, where he said the state should build two warships as large as its 5,000-metric-ton Choe Hyon vessel every year in the next five years.

Kim attended the ceremony held at the Nampho port in North Korea on Tuesday (June 23) to celebrate the deployment of the new multipurpose destroyer Choe Hyon, North Korea's official news agency KCNA reported. The destroyer successfully completed military operational tests over the past 14 months, KCNA added.

The country plans to deploy another 5,000-ton destroyer named Kang Kon soon along with 10,000-ton strategic warships, Kim said, according to the report. Kang Kon was repaired last year after partially capsizing during a launch ceremony.

The navy had been the weakest part of North Korea's military forces, Kim said, adding that its capabilities would now be "something incredible beyond imagination."

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North Korea should build two warships a year in next five years, Kim says

VIDEO SHOWS: NORTH KOREAN LEADER KIM JONG UN ATTENDING COMMISSIONING CEREMONY OF DESTROYER CHOE HYON / KIM DELIVERING SPEECH / KIM LOOKING AROUND DESTROYER AND TAKING GROUP PHOTOGRAPH WITH NAVAL OFFICERS / DESTROYER CHOE HYON DEPARTING

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SHOWS: NAMPHO, NORTH KOREA (AIRED JUNE 24, 2026) (KRT - No use North Korea)

1. VARIOUS OF NORTH KOREAN NAVAL OFFICERS AND MILITARY OFFICIALS GATHERING IN FRONT OF CHOE HYON DESTROYER

2. VARIOUS OF NORTH KOREAN LEADER KIM JONG UN SALUTING TO NAVAL OFFICERS

3. NAVAL OFFICERS SALUTING

4. KIM WALKING TO PODIUM

5. VARIOUS OF KIM SPEAKING AT PODIUM

6. NAVAL OFFICERS LISTENING

7. VARIOUS OF KIM SPEAKING AT PODIUM

8. NAVAL OFFICERS CLAPPING

9. KIM CLAPPING

10. OFFICIALS CLAPPING

11. OFFICIAL GETTING DOCUMENT

12. OFFICIAL SALUTING TO KIM

13. NAVY SPEAKING AND CLENCHING FIST

14. KIM SMILING AND NODDING / KIM AND OFFICIALS CLAPPING

15. NORTH KOREAN NAVAL FLAG (RIGHT) AND NORTH KOREAN NATIONAL FLAG (LEFT) HUNG ON DESTROYER

16. GUN SALUTE FIRING

17. KIM WALKING UPSTAIRS TO DESTROYER

18. OFFICIALS WALKING UPSTAIRS

19. KIM SALUTING AND SHAKING HANDS WITH NAVY

20. VARIOUS OF KIM WALKING ON DECK OF DESTROYER WITH OFFICIALS

21. KIM TALKING TO NAVY ON DECK

22. NAVAL OFFICERS STANDING ON DECK / KIM WALKING IN

23. OFFICIAL GIVING BINOCULARS TO NAVY

24. VARIOUS OF KIM TAKING GROUP PHOTO WITH NAVAL OFFICERS ON DECK

25. VARIOUS OF DESTROYER MOVING AWAY FROM PORT

26. KIM AND OFFICIALS SALUTING TO NAVY IN DESTROYER

27. KIM SALUTING

28. PEOPLE WAVING HANDS TO DESTROYER

29. DESTROYER DEPARTING