North Korean leader Kim Jong Un attended a ceremony for the launch of a "new multipurpose destroyer," state-run media reported Saturday.
The 5,000-ton warship was equipped with the "most powerful weapons" and built "within 400-odd days perfectly with our own strength and technology," the official Korean Central News Agency quoted Jo Chun Ryong, a secretary in the ruling Workers' Party, as saying.
Kim, in a speech from the launch reported by KCNA, said the warship would be handed over to the navy and go into service early next year.
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