North Korea’s Kim visits new defense museum as Trump floats meeting

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un and his daughter Ju Ae attend the opening ceremony of the Defense Revolution Museum on Sunday in this image released Tuesday. | KCNA / via REUTERS

Oct 13, 2026

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un inaugurated a new national defense museum, where he viewed one of the country’s intercontinental ballistic missiles capable of delivering nuclear bombs to the U.S., state-run media reported Tuesday.

News of Kim’s visit to the Defense Revolution Museum, where the as-of-yet-untested Hwasong-20 ICBM and other advanced missiles and drones were also displayed, came as U.S. President Donald Trump continued to tease a possible summit meeting with Kim next month.

Speaking to reporters in Washington on Monday, Trump said he could hold talks with Kim during a visit to Asia next month. The U.S. leader is scheduled to attend the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation summit in Shenzhen on Nov. 18 and 19.

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