Satellite images show the unconventional strategy engineers used to get the 5,000-ton vessel afloat.
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Satellite images show the unconventional strategy engineers used to get the 5,000-ton vessel afloat.
By Choe Sang-Hun and Jiawei Wang
Reporting from Seoul
North Korea’s plan to modernize its Navy had an embarrassing setback late last month, when a new warship capsized during its launch. To get the vessel floating again, engineers toiling under the do-or-die mantra of their leader, Kim Jong-un, turned to an old-fashioned solution.
North Korea righted a capsized 5,000-ton warship and moored it at a pier in the Chongjin Shipyard state-run media reported, two…
Full restoration of the North Korean navy destroyer is expected before a major communist party meeting later this month.
Satellite images appear to show the naval destroyer languishing on its side alongside the dock where a launch ceremony had been…
The 5,000-ton destroyer was damaged when it capsized during the first attemped launch in May.
The intrigue has less to do with the failure itself and more with how Kim Jong Un reacted.
The previous incident drew harsh criticism from Kim Jong Un and led to the arrest of four officials.
North Korea launches warship after earlier failed attempt
