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North Korea will move damaged warship to other shipyard for repairs: State media

New satellite imagery confirms destroyer relaunched Thursday after capsizing at ceremony in May

North Korea will move its damaged warship to a different shipyard on the east coast for repairs, state media reported Friday, after lifting it out of the water this week and successfully relaunching it on Thursday.

“The detailed recovery work of the next phase will be carried out at the dry dock of the Rajin Shipyard,” the Rodong Sinmun stated in a short status update.

Planet Labs high-resolution satellite imagery confirms North Korea’s claim that the new 5,000-ton Choe Hyon-class destroyer was launched into the water on Thursday afternoon, as an image taken in the morning showedit still