Kim Jong Un urges expansion of N. Korea nuclear capability

This picture taken on August 18, 2025 and released from North Korea's official Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) via KNS on August 19, 2025 shows North Korea's leader Kim Jong Un (C) inspecting the naval destroyer "Choe Hyon" at an undisclosed location in North Korea. North Korean leader Kim Jong Un called on August 19 for the "rapid expansion" of the country's nuclear weapons capability, citing ongoing US-South Korea military exercises that he said could "ignite a war". (Photo by KCNA VIA KNS / AFP)