It is reported, stretched during an attempt to startIn an incident that caused sharp criticism from the country's leader Kim Jong Un.
The KCNA state news agency announced on Friday that the military ship was “safely entering the water vertically” and then “moored on the pier”.
It is expected to be completely corrected before a key meeting led by Kim, which senior officials in the one -party state will attend, KCNA said.
The 5,000-ton destroyer can be seen upright on the pier and then about three hours later, Saters in satellite images published by Specialist News Sites 38 North and NK News.
Efforts to repair the ship, which happened on Thursday, were a manual process, according to 38 North researchers, noting that satellite images show that Kay workers are pulling a toll and using balloons to bring the ship back into balance.
Some of the balloons seemed still attached to the court, they added.
Kim, who witnessed a warship during the unsuccessful start about two weeks ago, criticized the incident as a “criminal act”, which “seriously damaged the dignity and pride of the country (the country).
It was the result of “absolute negligence, irresponsibility and unscientific empiricism,” he added.
At least four employees, including Ri Hyong-Son, The deputy director of the ammunition industry department of managing workers have been arrested for the incident.
Ri is part of the Central Military Commission of the Party, which commands the Korean People's Army and is responsible for the development and implementation of North Korea military policies.
It is not clear what punishment can encounter employees, but the secret dictatorship is known forced labor or even deathS
Some analysts have seen Kim's rapid and severe reaction to the more unsuccessful start as a signal that Pyongyang will continue to develop his military capabilities.
The regime is “deeply invested in the image of increasing military force” and failure can harden their determination to push this forward, according to Jihon Yu, a research associate at the Korean Institute of Defense Analysis.
Kim's “unusually heavy” response to the failure is aimed at protecting the leader's image and confirms his authority, he said.
Michael Madden, an expert in North Korea from the Stimson Center in Washington, saw Kim's answer in a “high priority”, which his regime puts on the development of warships.
Just weeks before Botched, Pyongyang revealed a similar warship in another part of the country.
Kim called this warship a “breakthrough” in the modernization of the Navy of North Korea and said it would be located early next year.