The original launch failure of the destroyer was an embarrassment for leader Kim Jong Un, who oversaw the incident.

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 ...

North Korea righted a capsized 5,000-ton warship and moored it at a pier in the Chongjin Shipyard state-run media reported, ...

North Korea says it righted a capsized destroyer and moored it at a pier in the northeastern port of Chongjin as it continues ...

North Korea has launched a warship two weeks after it was damaged during an earlier launch attempt, in an incident that drew ...

North Korea has successfully refloated a new destroyer that capsized upon launch last month, with state media reporting the ...

Kim Jong Un was "livid" after the second Choe Hyon-class destroyer failed to launch last month, one expert told Newsweek.

Satellite images and videos show how launching a 5,000-ton warship into the water sideways can cause it to capsize if done ...

SEOUL, South Korea -- North Korean authorities have detained four officials over the recent failed launch of a naval ...

Subsequently, a failure to launch the second destroyer ... and Technology Policy Institute, said that North Korea’s handling of the damaged warship could have long-term consequences for its ...

North Korea ... failed launch of its second naval destroyer, following leader Kim Jong Un's strong condemnation of the incident as a result of criminal negligence. The 5,000-ton warship sustained ...

North Korea has begun a full-scale investigation into the accident that occurred during the launch of a warship this week, state media KCNA reported on Friday. Pyongyang has said the incident on ...