North Korean leader Kim Jong Un attends the 7th enlarged plenary meeting of the 8th Central Committee of the Workers' Party of Korea (WPK) in Pyongyang, North Korea, March 1, 2023 in this photo released by North Korea's Korean Central News Agency (KCNA). KCNA via REUTERS ATTENTION EDITORS - THIS IMAGE WAS PROVIDED BY A THIRD PARTY. REUTERS IS UNABLE TO INDEPENDENTLY VERIFY THIS IMAGE. NO THIRD PARTY SALES. SOUTH KOREA OUT. NO COMMERCIAL OR EDITORIAL SALES IN SOUTH KOREA
North Korea has launched a newly built “tactical nuclear attack submarine” capable of carrying out an underwater nuclear attack that would further strengthen the state nuclear deterrence, the country’s media said Friday.
The official Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) said the launching ceremony for the submarine, held last Wednesday, was attended by the North Korean leader, Kim Jong-un.
“The submarine-launching ceremony heralded the beginning of a new chapter for bolstering up the naval force of North Korea and made clearer the steadfast will of the Workers’ Party of Korea (WPK) and the government to further strengthen the state nuclear deterrence both in quality and quantity and by leaps and bounds for regional and global peace and security,” the KCNA said.
