North Korea Capsized Its New Destroyer on Live TV Before Kim Jong Un: Now It’s Building Warships Twice the Size

North Korea Capsized Its New Destroyer on Live TV Before Kim Jong Un: Now It’s Building Warships Twice the Size

North Korea set out to announce itself as a naval power, and instead it broadcast one of the most embarrassing shipbuilding failures in recent memory. On May 21, 2025, at the Chongjin shipyard, the country’s second guided-missile destroyer rolled over and partially capsized during its own launch ceremony, in front of leader Kim Jong Un. He called it a “criminal act,” had officials arrested, and ordered the wreck salvaged. A year later, North Kor…