North Korea to arm navy with nuclear weapons and build bigger warships

North Korean leader Kim Jong-un said Pyongyang will build bigger warships and equip them with nuclear weapons.

He made the comments on Tuesday at the commissioning ceremony of the Choe Hyon, one of two 5,000-tonne class warships North Korea launched last year.

Kim said the move was prompted by South Korea and the US, which he accused of pushing the region “to the brink of a nuclear war”.