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... The destroyer, named Choe Hyon, signals Kim's efforts to expand Pyongyang's military might at sea alongside the longstanding focus on his reclusive regime's missile arsenal.

The collapse of nuclear talks with President Donald Trump and a more hardline stance toward neighboring South Korea have been allied with deepening ties with Russia and China as well as an expanding nuclear arsenal.

Speaking at a commissioning ceremony at the Nampho Shipyard on North Korea's west coast, Kim said the vessel now ends "over 70 years" of stagnation in the navy, which has lagged behind not just that of South Korea and the U.S. but also behind other parts of its military. ...

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