Blow to Kim’s ‘prestige’ as North Korean warship launch flops in front of him
Kim Jong-un, who watched the incident, called it a ‘criminal act’ that ‘could not be ‘tolerated’

A major accident occurred at a launch ceremony for a new North Korean naval destroyer, state media reported on Thursday, with leader Kim Jong-un saying the mishap was a “criminal act”.
At a ceremony to launch a new 5,000-tonne destroyer in the eastern port city of Chongjin on Wednesday “a serious accident occurred”, the official Korean Central News Agency said.

Blaming “inexperienced command and operational carelessness” during the launch, which was being observed by Kim, KCNA said there was a mishap which left “some sections of the warship’s bottom crushed”.

It said the accident managed to “destroy the balance of the warship”.

Kim watched the entire incident and declared it a “criminal act caused by absolute carelessness”, warning it “could not be tolerated”.

He said the “irresponsible errors” of officials responsible would be “dealt with at the plenary meeting of the Party Central Committee to be convened next month”.

Kim also ordered officials to fully restore the warship before the meeting, calling the task a “political mission directly linked to the authority of the state”.

Professor Yang Moo-jin, president of the University of North Korean Studies, said the incident occurred as Pyongyang was rushing to complete its five-year military build-up programme.

“Kim Jong-un is furious about this accident, which unfolded right before his eyes during Wednesday’s launch ceremony. It’s a serious blow to his personal prestige,” Yang told This Week in Asia.

“The five-year defence build-up programme has lost its shine in an instant,” he said.

Yang added that some of the officials responsible for the botched launch “may face execution”, while others are likely to be spared to oversee repairs and relaunch the vessel.

https://www.scmp.com/news/asia/east-asia/ar...nt-be-tolerated





some says it has already sunk

a lot of missiles will be used soon

on their own ppl

mana video he furious....

prepare the AA guns

the cameraman probably executed along with everyone else involved in the project

Execute him, and send his entire family to hard labour camp.

This post has been edited by annoymous1234: May 22 2025, 10:39 AM

Heads started rolling or not?

ayam surprised NK never cover up this accident...

Topkek

somehow PH knows what happened in NK? very legit

Many will be sent to death.

Maybe sabotage by South Korean spies.

kim-ha ru will save the warship

"wingardium leviosa!"

botched or not, they already have their ship

meanwhile our LCS..... krikkkk krikkkkkk

and the person responsible for that krikkkkkkness is in current gomen, untouchable

KEKKKKKKKK

well they rushed the launch

so those officials gonna die anyways

because had they delay to fix the issues, they would have been executed

if i were them, i arrange somehow to run away to s korea

don't worry. only death by AA and whole family sent to concentration camp for 20 years

that's the price u pay for disappointing dear leader

This post has been edited by DarkAeon: May 22 2025, 10:47 AM

fear of your family being tortured to death is a strong motivator to finish building the ship

Thought the second one already launched

Many will be beheaded

RiP

launched also no use.. the 1st one only set to commission next year.. after all that fiasco..

hopefully really next year lah, else gonna drag again

If your speculation is correct, most of the high ranking officer families already runaway. SK will be very headache if they choose to land there 1st.

* Thunderstruck music playing *

Ceremony of Launching Newly-Built Destroyer Takes Place

Pyongyang, May 22 (KCNA) -- A ceremony of launching a newly-built 5 000-tonnage destroyer took place at the Chongjin Shipyard on May 21.

Kim Jong Un , general secretary of the Workers' Party of Korea and president of the State Affairs of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea, watched the ceremony.

A serious accident occurred in the course of the launch of the destroyer.

Due to the inexperienced command and operational carelessness in the course of the launch, the launch slide of the stern has departed first and stranded as the flatcar failed to move in parallel, some sections of the warship's bottom crushed to destroy the balance of the warship and the bow couldn't leave the shipway, leading to a serious accident.

After watching the whole course of the accident, the respected Comrade Kim Jong Un made stern assessment saying that it was a serious accident and criminal act caused by absolute carelessness, irresponsibility and unscientific empiricism which is out of the bounds of possibility and could not be tolerated.

He warned solemnly that the irresponsible errors of the relevant officials of the Munitions Industry Department of the WPK Central Committee, the Mechanical Institute of the State Academy of Sciences, Kim Chaek University of Technology, the central ship designing institute and other relevant units and the Chongjin Shipyard responsible for the accident that brought the dignity and self-respect of our state to a collapse in a moment would have to be dealt with at the plenary meeting of the Party Central Committee to be convened next month and censured them for the fault.

He earnestly said that the immediate restoration of the destroyer is not merely a practical issue but a political issue directly related to the authority of the state and it should be completed unconditionally before the June Plenary Meeting of the WPK Central Committee, so as to make the ardent patriotic loyalty and labour devotion of the workers of the Chongjin Shipyard and the Rajin Shipyard bear fruitful as proud feats conducive to bolstering up the defence capabilities.

He gave important instructions on the work of the accident investigation group.

Source: http://kcna.kp/en/article/q/5a28b8c39c4051...5716fcd30.kcmsf

bigwolf said salah mca

very hard to run away.

Fat boy kim have a lot of spies in the network.

unless your are ambassador of western country, then your family with you, easy to run

but if you are in charge of navy, your family stationed with you in N Korea

if you send them overseas, you need good excuse like send them for studies.

cannot just send them away like that.

Fat boy kim wants to have leverage against you.

so you always on your toes, cannot run away that easily as family stay behind.

LEL what a joke to the world, but a tragedy to those who involve in this incident

Habihla, whole family gone plus several generations

Ngeh ngeh wanna bring in your MCA? Scare people making jokes of kapal selam cannot selam, jet engine fly to Argentina izit?

got problem meh? anyone being charge?

fatass gonna nuke south korea over a fuck up

No problem, just that I expect more for politician solving problems like border controls bangla paki, wages , high skill job opportunities, not this rumbling and victimize mindset lo

Wolf Warriors say fake news!

You very slow

Already 2 ships in the water





This post has been edited by Raddus: May 22 2025, 12:09 PM

syukur sudah suci

Cukur low quality reply, hello, ChatGPT is free for use.

u sendiri said no problem

so previous mention scandal = suci liao lor

not i said hor...u sendiri said no problem

Brainless comment. You want our gov to divert most resource and budget to military like korea instead of people welfare right now

This post has been edited by kesvani: May 22 2025, 12:17 PM

Oh well
Firing squad ready

James Bond punya kerja

Lol!

Come let me tag him to confirm bigwolf

man the AA guns!

saaar, priest no hit below belt saaar

Ha ha ha ha ha ha!

Yup, at least got ship!

lol need or not oh M4A1, sked tag ppl until liddat meh

Cool story...

best korea ship is in two pieces

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cx2qgdnxxe2o

lol just about to post that



still can use backup ships

If ccp sure cover up 200%

Nothing can hide from the camera lens above earth atmosphere

Fresh meat supply for wild dogs.