North Korea's Kim tours planned base site amid moves to up naval power

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has inspected the site of a planned naval base and emphasized the country's need to expand its naval capabilities, state media said Sunday.With the North "soon to possess large surface warships and submarines" that cannot be anchored at its current facilities, Kim was quoted by the official Korean Central News Agency as saying the "construction of a naval base for running the latest large warships has become a pressing task."The report did not disclose the planned base's location.North Korean naval power has primarily consisted of small fast-attack vessels pa…READ FULL ARTICLE