The democratic people's republic of korea has continued to act, causing international attention。
On 22 may, local time, the korea joint staff headquarters informed that the korean military had monitored the launch of several cruise missiles by north korea in the area around sunde, south of hamgong province, at around 9 a. M. That day. The military indicated that the exact number and specifications of missiles were still being analysed in coordination with united states intelligence services。
At the same time, the “significant accident” of the korean destroyer was a cause for concern. According to recent reports, on 21 october of local time, the new 5,000-ton destroyer was built in the democratic people's republic of korea in a serious accident during the course of the dive. Supreme leader of koreaKim jong-unThe whole process of the accident was witnessed, which was criticized as intolerable as a result of negligence and irresponsibility and lack of respect for scientific empiricalism。
According to the korean media analysis, north korean personnel may have built the destroyer on land and then slipped into the water, resulting in the disengagement and grounding of the tail and damage to the vessel. It is rare for the official media of the democratic people's republic of korea to disclose in such detail the details of major accidents。
“several cruise missiles launched by the dprk”
According to the news client, on 22 may, local time, the korean joint staff headquarters informed that the korean military had monitored the launch of several cruise missiles by the dprk in the area around sunde, south of hamgong province。
The military indicated that signs of a possible missile launch had been detected in advance and were on alert. Officials stated that the exact number and specifications of missiles were still being analysed in coordination with united states intelligence services。
There is no news on the korean side。
On 21 october, local time, the ceremony for the launch of the new 5,000-ton class destroyer was held at the kiyojin shipyard, attended by kim jong-un。
Kcn reported that the new destroyer had suffered a serious accident during the process. In the course of the discharge of the destroyer, a lack of command and carelessness to ensure parallelity in the movement of the chassis led to a serious incident in which the skis in the tail section were removed from the ground, in which part of the section had a hull fractured and part of the bow had not been removed from the platform。
Kcna has yet to publish video information about the accident. As of midday, 22 may, the incident had not been reported by the korean central television。
According to press reports, kim jong-un witnessed the entire incident and criticized the intolerable major accidents and crimes that resulted from negligence and irresponsibility and from a lack of respect for scientific empirism。
Kim jong-un said that this serious and irresponsible error would be examined at the plenary meeting of the central committee of the labour party next month。
According to press reports, on 21 may, the political bureau of the central committee of the korean labour party announced a resolution that the political bureau of the central committee of the korean labour party had decided to convene the eighth twelfth plenary session of the labour party in late june。
Kim jong-un stressed that “the prompt rehabilitation of the destroyer is a political matter of direct concern to the authority of the state, not a purely operational one”. He also requested that the repairs be completed “unconditionally” before the plenary meeting next month。
Kim directed the establishment of an investigation team to investigate the causes of the accident。
According to the chinese news weekly, tsai-china described kim jong-un's statement at the scene with “severe accusations”. This expression is generally used in respect of very significant responsibility events. In july 2024, kim jong-un “severely accused” of building quality issues during his inspection of the construction of the iconic city of san jibuchi and named the vice-minister of labour central organization, the deputy prime minister of the cabinet, and equal senior officials of state-building supervision, some of whom were suspended and handed over to the judiciary。
Kim jong-un's last public “severe blame” was in january 2025. On the eve of spring, he suddenly convened an expanded meeting of the central registry of the labour party to address two cases of corruption “with impunity” and announced the “dissolution” of a county committee。
On this occasion, it is not clear that the follow-up action by the relevant authorities in the dprk is yet to be determined, and kim jong-un requires that the relevant departments and shipyards first quickly repair, within one month, the destroyers that were damaged as a result of the drainage incident and raise it to “political rather than purely operational issues of direct concern to the authority of the state”。
Why is there an accident
According to red star news, north korean personnel may have built the destroyer on land before going down by slide, resulting in the tail part disengaged and landed, causing damage to the vessel。
According to official information from the democratic people's republic of korea, kim jong-un was present at the event, and the plan was to participate in the launch ceremony, but the accident disrupted the original arrangements。
The chief of the communiqué room of the korea joint staff stated that “the large korean vessel at chiang jin harbour appears to have failed in the side-to-side.” it is rare for the korean official media to disclose in such detail the details of a major accident, as professor lin bhai (sing) analysis of the institute for far east studies at gyeongnam university。
According to the information received, the damaged vessel may be of the same level as the korean destroyer, the "choi hyun" in april and equipped with a similar system. The latter, in their appearance, was considered by experts to be the largest and most advanced warship of the dprk。
According to previous news, on 25 april, local time, the newly constructed korean people's army navy, the 5,000-ton “chou xin”, was held at the nampo shipyard。
At that time, kim jong-un attended and delivered a speech with his daughter, naming the vessel after the guerrilla hero choi hyun. According to kim jong-un's “nomination” at the time, the name of the second ship could have been chosen by three other korean people's army heroes kim ta, angie and kang ken。
Kim jong-un claims that, as a conglomerate of dprk self-defence defence technology, the destroyer not only has an air-to-air, ship-to-ship, anti-submarine, anti-guidement capability, but is also equipped with weapons systems such as supersonic strategic cruise missiles, tactical ballistic missiles, etc. That can maximize the capability to strike on the ground and can perform multifunctional naval combat tasks。
In his address, kim jong-un indicated that the new destroyer would be delivered to the navy and put into operation early next year. The dprk will continue to build destroyers and cruisers and frigates with greater operational capability as soon as possible next year, and the overall design of ships is in its final stages of study。
Kim jong-un stated that there was no limit to the accelerated growth of the dprk's defence forces and that the dprk would continue to build its naval forces for a moment。
In its report, the united states centre for strategic and international studies (csis) stated that, in the history of korean military industry, the nampo shipyard had been responsible for the construction of large, new types of warships and had extensive experience, while the kiyozu shipyard, although involved in the production of small vessels, was “mainly focused on the production of cargo ships, fishing vessels and dredging vessels”。
It appears from the 22 may release that, unlike the construction of the “chou xian” ship in the nampo shipyard alone, a second “choi xian” destroyer was constructed in conjunction with the rozin shipyard. It also shows the capacity gap between different shipyards in korea。
