A 5,000-tonne destroyer for nuclear-capable missiles, built, Seoul says, with Russian help, as Kim pivots from missiles to ships and submarines
Kim (N. Korea)
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Lee Jae-myung's June peace gestures meet a Pyongyang that is fencing within 80m of the line and rebuffing the South's overtures
Beijing pulls Kim back into orbit after Russia's courtship, 'good neighbour, good friend, good comrade', and silence on the bomb
North Korea reveals a fresh uranium-enrichment hall, likely a third site, as Kim says weapons-grade output has more than doubled in five years
April–May test launches and a fresh ICBM engine advance Pyongyang's modernisation as Washington's focus stays elsewhere