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.

Kim Jong Un announces North Korea's plan to build two warships annually, enhancing the navy's military capabilities over five years.

The leader is aiming to construct two vessels a year, both of a larger class than the newly commissioned Choe Hon destroyer.