SEOUL (Reuters) -North Korean leader Kim Jong Un attended on Thursday the launching ceremony of a destroyer that had been damaged upon its first attempt to launch, state media KCNA said on Friday.
Kim said the restoration of the destroyer “had not delayed” North Korea’s attempts to enhance naval power, and said plans were in place “to build two more 5,000-ton destroyers next year”, KCNA said.
Kim called for the country to strengthen its maritime military presence in the Pacific Ocean in the face of what he said were U.S. provocations, KCNA said.
(Reporting by Joyce Le; Editing by Sandra Maler)
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