SEOUL, October 13 (Reuters) – North Korean leader Kim Jong Un visited a defence industry museum displaying an intercontinental ballistic missile capable of reaching the USA, state media KCNA showed on Tuesday.
The report came a day after US President Donald Trump said he might meet Kim during a planned trip to Asia. Trump is expected to attend the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation summit in China in mid-November 2026.
Kim, accompanied by his daughter known as Ju Ae and wife Ri Sol Ju, attended the opening of the newly opened Defense Revolution Museum on Sunday, KCNA said.
The museum displayed weaponry developed under Kim’s leadership ranging from drones to the Hwasong-20 intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM), KCNA photographs showed.
A display in front of the Hwasong-20 launcher appeared to show a multiple warhead design and a world map depicting ranges extending beyond the US mainland to the Middle East, Australia and South America, said Shin Jong-woo, Secretary General of the Korea Defence and Security Forum.
The exhibition appears intended to highlight the achievements of Kim’s defense science development program Shin said. It gave the impression of propaganda aimed at gaining a strategic advantage ahead of potential a North Korean-USA summit.
Analysts said the museum also reflected a broader effort by Kim to elevate North Korea’s weapons displays into lasting symbols of the military accomplishments.
Separately, North Korea said it test-fired a tactical ballistic missile on Monday to confirm the successful technical upgrade of an unspecified key component.
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KCNA said the upgrade marked an important step in improving the performance of all offensive weapons systems, without providing further details.
South Korea’s military said on Monday that North Korea had fired multiple ballistic missiles towards the sea off its east coast. The launch was Pyongyang’s fourth in a month, following Seoul’s recent test of a hyper-sonic missile.
Reuters / ABC Flash Point News 2026.
So glad we dropped all our bombs on Iranian schools and have spent 40 billion on the Iran threat while completely ignoring North Korea who has a weapon that can actually reach us. Thank you stable genius great leader Trump.
So MAGA, North Korea can actually deliver, and actually possesses, nuclear weapons to the US mainland. Your hypocrisy is astounding, rivaled only by your stupidity.
Let’s not go after countries that actually have dangerous nukes. Instead, let’s invent imaginary nukes in Iran to trigger fake wars so we can enrich oil companies and pander to Israel.