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North Korea According to the North Korean state media, its 5,000-ton war ship repaired and restarted in May.
According to the North Korean news agency KCNA, the second warship was again in the water.
The leader of the communist country, Kim Jong un Jong uWas present to give a speech and spoke about the failed start.
“Of course we felt in panic in front of the unexpected and ridiculous accident that started this destroyer in Chongjin last month,” said Kim.
In this photo of the North Korean government, its leader Kim Jong Un, Front Right, and his daughter are on a destroyer named Kang Kon during his starting room at the Rajin Werf in Rason, North Korea, on Thursday, June 12, 2025. The content of this image is as stated and cannot be checked independently. The Korean speech symbols provided by Quelle to the picture is: “KCNA”, the abbreviation for the Korean central news agency. In this photo of the North Korean government, its leader Kim Jong Un, Front Right, and his daughter are on a destroyer named Kang Kon during his starting room at the Rajin Werf in Rason, North Korea, on Thursday, June 12, 2025. The content of this image is as stated and cannot be checked independently. The Korean speech symbols provided by Quelle to the picture is: “KCNA”, the abbreviation for the Korean central news agency. (Korean Central News Agency/Korea News Service about AP) ((Korean Central News Agency/Korea News Service about AP)))
Kim did not take the accident easy and went so far to call him a criminal actto KcNa.
“We did not judge the accident as a simple mistake, but as an unprecedented, serious criminal act that lowered the dignity and self -esteem of our state at a moment and examined the basic cause of the accident in a comprehensive manner,” said Kim.
In fact, the chief engineer of the Chongjin shipyard was arrested with others to KcNa.
Kim Jong Un was released after the new destroyer of North Korea at the failed start
In this photo of the North Korean government, its leader Kim Jong Un, the center, and his daughter take part in a starting room of a destroyer named Kang Kon on the Rajin Shipyard in Rason, North Korea, on Thursday, June 12, 2025. Independent journalists were not given access to the event distributed by the North Korean government. The content of this image is as stated and cannot be checked independently. The Korean speech symbols provided by Quelle to the picture is: “KCNA”, the abbreviation for the Korean central news agency. (Korean Central News Agency/Korea News Service about AP) ((Korean Central News Agency/Korea News Service about AP)))
However, this setback did not seem to slow Kim’s ambitions because he promised more warships.
“The warships of a new generation are to be launched in the coming years and they will form the backbone of our maritime defense forces,” said Kim.
According to the Wall Street Journal, the ship, which Kim reported “Kang Kon” named “Kang Kon”, was moved to the Rajin shipyard after it was set up on the right.
The overall extent of the damage to the ship is unknown because it never left the dry dock.
This photo provided by the North Korean government shows a destroyer named Kang Kons during his starting room at Rajin Shipyard in Rason, North Korea, Thursday, June 12, 2025. Independent journalists were not given access to cover the event presented in this picture, which was distributed by the North Korean government. The content of this image is as stated and cannot be checked independently. The Korean speech symbols provided by Quelle to the picture is: “KCNA”, the abbreviation for the Korean central news agency. ((Korean Central News Agency/Korea News Service about AP)))
Satellite images published beforehand by South Korea Had shown the ship lying on the side.
The “Kang Kon” previously reported by KCNA was ruined by his ramp and stuck.
The Flatcar did not move next to the ship, threw it out of balance and crushed parts of the ship.
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This caused this massive warships Heck to go down the start boost so that the bow section of the ship cannot leave the ramp, says Knca.
The “Kang Kon” was the second marine destroyer who started within a month after the successful start of another 5,000-ton destroyer from Nampo, a port on the west coast of North Korea.
Michael Dorgan and Landon Mion of Fox News Digital have contributed to this story.
Nick Butler is a reporter from Fox News Digital. Do you have any tips? Contact nick.butler@fox.com.
