Seoul, June 24 (IANS) North Korea has commissioned a new 5,000-ton destroyer with leader Kim Jong-un voicing expectations that the Navy’s combat capabilities will be strengthened to a level “admirable beyond imagination,” state media reported on Wednesday.Kim made the remarks the previous day at a commissioning ceremony for the “new-type multi-mission” destroyer Choe Hyon at the western port of Nampho, reports Yonhap, quoting the Korean Central News Agency (KCNA).The ceremony came as the North u…
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Seoul, April 2 (IANS) North Korea appears to be speeding up the construction of its third 5,000-tonne Choe Hyun-class destroyer, a South Korean lawmaker said Thursday, as Pyongyang has been seeking to strengthen its naval power.North Korean leader Kim Jong-un has ordered the construction of another 5,000-tonne multipurpose destroyer by the ruling party’s founding anniversary on October 10, after the North launched two such warships last year.Large cranes and crane vessels were spotted under oper…