The mishap is a major setback to the North Korean leader’s dream of modernizing his country’s outdated naval fleet.

North Korean ruler Kim Jong Un said a new naval destroyer was damaged in a "serious accident and criminal act caused by ...

U.S. intelligence has said that North Korea’s deepening ties with Russia are enabling Kim Jong-un to “counterbalance” his ...

He vows to punish as criminals those responsible for the failure, in which the ship had its hull torn open and ended up on ...

North Korea’s leader Kim Jong Un has lashed out at the country’s navy after the launch of its largest warship ended in failure, an embarrassing setback as he seeks to modernise the isolated country’s ...

Kim vowed to punish those responsible for the “catastrophic failure” after the naval vessel partially capsized during a ...

Pyongyang is dependent on the world's second-largest economy, but the "blood-cemented alliance" doesn't extend to security issues.

German Chancellor Friedrich Merz plans to make the Bundeswehr the "strongest conventional army in Europe." Other EU countries also have ambitious plans for their armed forces. DW takes a closer look.