North Korea refloats warship after capsizing during disastrous launch

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The BBC informs that North Korea has managed to refloat its second destroyer, which capsized while being launched, citing official Pyongyang reports from state-run news agency KCNA

Help from a friend

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CNN, meanwhile, claims that satellite images show that the damaged warship had been taken to a Russian drydock near the North Korean border, implying some aid from Moscow.

Sabotage?

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German news agency DW reportED that Pyongyang has arrested at least four high-ranking officials over the disastrous launching of the second destroyer of the North Korean Navy.

Cleaning the shipyard

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DW cites North Korean official sources, which claim that three shipyard officials have been detained: the chief engineer, the head of the hull construction, and the deputy manager of administrative affairs.

The Fourth Man

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Ri Hyong Son, the vice department director of the Munitions Industry Department of the Party Central Committee, now is the latest in the growing list of detainees.

Accidents happen...

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AP News reported that North Korea accidentally damaged its second naval destroyer on May 21, during the vessel’s launching ceremony in the northeastern port of Chongjin.

Unbalanced

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AP News cites the Pyongyang-run Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) describing the incident: the 5,000-ton warship became unbalanced and was punctured in its bottom sections after a transport cradle slid off too early and became stuck.

Kim's inconvenience

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According to AP News, it’s rare that the North Korean government, led by Kim Jong-un, publicly admits such setbacks, but it’s proof that Kim is serious about his naval ambitions.

'Criminal act'

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The Kyiv Independent writes that the North Korean leader disparaged about the failed launch, calling it a “criminal act”, and putting the blame squarely into several government institutions.

The prestige of North Korea

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According to The Kyiv Independent, Kim claimed that the vessel’s restoration was “a political issue directly tied to the prestige of the state” and that blunders “could not be tolerated”.

Heads will roll

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The incident, The Kyiv Independent highlights, is expected to be reviewed at the June plenary session of the Central Committee of the Workers’ Party of Korea.

Too big and too heavy?

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Moon Keun-sik, a navy expert who teaches at Seoul’s Hanyang University, explained to AP News that the accident was likely caused the unfamiliarity of North Korean dockworkers with a warship of such large dimensions.

Confident in the future

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“It’s a shameful thing. But the reason why North Korea disclosed the incident is it wants to show it’s speeding up the modernization of its navy forces and expresses its confidence that it can eventually build,” Moon told AP News.

The Russia-North Korea alliance

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BBC writes that, back in July 2024, Moscow and Pyongyang signed a comprehensive agreement of mutual aid, including swearing to help each other in case of military “aggression”.

North Korea sends help

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Since then, several Western intelligence services claim that there are at least 10,000 North Korean soldiers serving in the Russian border region of Kursk.

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