The North Korean navy’s botched launch of a brand-new destroyer this week revealed a key vulnerability: His massive military is woefully equipped.

The North Korean leader was attending the official launch of a new warship when, in a matter of moments, the ceremony turned into a fiasco. North Korea’s efforts to modernize its navy — and its military pride — have been damaged after its newest warship partially capsized during a launch ceremony on Wednesday,

Three members of the shipyard management in Chongjin were arrested following the failed launch of a destroyer in the presence of Kim Jong Un. This includes the chief engineer and the head of the hull construction department.

In a weekend of geopolitical whiplash, Russia and Ukraine pulled off their largest prisoner swap yet, Kim Jong Un’s prized warship flopped like a beached whale, Syria’s new leader cozied up to Turkey just as sanctions lifted,

The mishap is a major setback to the North Korean leader’s dream of modernizing his country’s outdated naval fleet.

Kim Jong Un pledged to deepen North Korea’s deterrent posture across air, land, and increasingly sea-based platforms, emphasizing the newly launched 5,000-ton multipurpose destroyer Choe Hyon as both a symbol of military self-reliance and a critical advancement in naval nuclear deterrence.

Families of Japanese nationals abducted by North Korea pleaded with the country's leader, Kim Jong Un, to return their loved ones dur