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Chongjin
Coverage of Chongjin in the Nexus archive.
- Satellite images suggest North Korea is upgrading ports for new, larger destroyers
North Korea is expanding shipyards in Nampo and Chongjin to build new destroyers as part of a five-year naval modernization plan. Satellite imagery shows infrastructure upgrades to support larger vessels, with two 5,000-ton destroyers already built and two more under construction.