In a rare public admission of failure, North Korean leader Kim Jong Un described the accident involving the 5,000-ton destroyer as a “criminal act.”

A major accident occurred at the launch ceremony for a new North Korean naval destroyer, state media reported Thursday, with leader Kim Jong Un calling the mishap a "criminal act". At a ceremony to launch a new 5,

State media reported that the warship's stern started sliding off a ramp too early, leaving part of the hull crushed and stuck at the shipyard.