North Korea’s leader Kim Jong-un says he needs a new navy base because the country is building bigger warships and submarines, state media reported on Sunday 8 September.
The news came among a series of reports about Kim’s visits to military-related facilities.
State television showed video of the leader at an artillery academy, but only showed still photos of his visit to the location of the new navy base.
North Korea has pursued the development of submarine-launched missiles for many years.
Foreign experts consider this a significant capability, if Pyongyang could deploy nuclear warheads underwater to launch attacks without easily being found.