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NORTH Korea has arrested three shipyard bosses after a humiliating warship launch flop that Kim Jong-un called a “criminal act”.

The 5,000-tonne destroyer, celebrated as a symbol of military power, ended up sinking and tilting in the harbor during a prominent launch event in Chongjin’s port city last Wednesday.

Satellite image of a North Korean warship covered in a blue tarp at a shipyard.
A satellite image of the ship covered with a blue tarp after an accident at the shipyard in Chongjin, North Korea
Satellite image of a North Korean warship in a harbor.
Satelite picture of the ship before the accident

According to state media on Sunday, three officials—chief engineer Kang Jong Chol, hull workshop head Han Kyong Hak, and deputy manager Kim Yong Hak—were arrested due to the “serious accident”.

Kim Jong-un, who watched the botched launch unfold in person, reportedly fumed that the fiasco had “damaged the country’s dignity”.

The Pyongyang tyrant has since ordered the ship to be restored by next month’s ruling party meeting, with repairs already under way.

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