North Korea announces its new nuclear-powered ballistic missile submarine
[Chungraon = Associate Editor-in-Chief Dongseop David Yeo] On December 25, 2025, North Korean state media released new photos showing Kim Jong Un inspecting what Pyongyang described as an 8,700-ton-class nuclear-powered strategic guided-missile submarine. The vessel, which appeared to be roughly comparable in size to some U.S. Navy attack submarines, raised new security concerns among analysts