SpaceWar.com reports: “A North Korean naval destroyer damaged in a botched launch last month was successfully set afloat on a second attempt, with leader Kim Jong Un presiding, state media said Friday.

A ceremony for the ship baptised the Kang Kon — after a top North Korean general killed in the 1950-53 war — was held on Thursday at the Rajin shipyard, up the coast from where the failed attempt occurred, according to Pyongyang’s official Korean Central News Agency.

‘Just over two weeks since the accident, the ship was safely raised and floated, and today, as planned, complete restoration has been finished,’ Kim said, according to KCNA.

Kim has also approved a plan to build two more destroyer-class vessels next year, the agency added.

The decision ‘heralds a significant and dramatic change in the status and defence activities of (our) Navy,’ Kim said, according to KCNA…”