New Delhi, June 6 -- The destroyer nearly capsized on its first attempt. Kim Jong Un called it a criminal act, had officials arrested, and ordered it repaired in time for the party congress. On Thursday, he boarded the same vessel - now named Kang Kon - and told his commanders to build something far more dangerous.

a trip both governments confirmed on Friday.

The timing was not incidental. Over three days of military showcasing preceding Xi's visit, Kim visited a new nuclear material production facility, called for an "exponential" expansion of North Korea's atomic arsenal, and now presided over destroyer trials at an undisclosed naval location with his teenage daughter Kim Ju Ae at his side. South Korean officials have said the daughte...