North Korea has successfully repaired and relaunched its new 5,000-ton naval destroyer less than a month after the boat embarrassingly capsized, according to state media reports.
The Korean Central News Agency said the destroyer — the second one Pyongyang has built this year — was back in the water on Thursday.
Kim Jong Un brought his daughter along for the relaunch. KCNA VIA KNS/AFP via Getty Images
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The reclusive North Korean leader Kim Jong Un was reportedly at the launch, held along the country’s east coast.
Kim said the new battleship stood as “convincing proof of the rapid transformation of our Navy. … No one will doubt, I think, the rapid transformation of our Navy as they have witnessed the launching of another new-type
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