North Korea is arresting senior officials for the failure of the launch of the warships

North Korea arrested a fourth official on A failure to launch a new warship This angered the country’s leader, Kim Jong Un.

The KCNA news agency said on Monday that Rey Hyung-San, deputy director of the Ammunition Industry Management Department of the ruling Labor Party, was “largely responsible for the serious accident” last week.

The destroyed was 5,000 tons She tends and damage her bodyIn what Kim described it as a “criminal act” “he strongly harmed dignity and pride (the country).

Kcna said the ship was being repaired under the supervision of an expert group.

Mr. Rey, which is part of the party’s central military committee, is the highest official level who has been arrested on the accident so far.

The Committee is led by the Korean People’s Army and is responsible for developing and implementing North Korea’s military policies.

During the weekend, Pyongyang also Three officials detain In the northern Chongjen Ship Building, where the destroyed was built and where its release failed.

The main officials, the head of construction and the administrative manager were.

Kim said earlier that the Wednesday incident caused “absolute negligence, inactive and non -scientific responsibility.”

It is not clear what the punishment they might face, but the authoritarian state was known to the officials of the ruling who finds it guilty of committing violations in forced work and even death.

North Korea publicly will publicly reveal local accidents, although it has done so shortly in the past after the launch of satellites.

Some analysts believe that Kim’s quick response and the move was a sign that Pyongyang will continue his military capabilities.

“This sends a clear message to South Korea and the United States that North Korea will not stop in an attempt to reform and strengthen its maritime technology,” Edward Hawul, North Korea expert at Oxford University, told ABC News.

A comment on the Seoul -based Daily NK, a news outlet that focuses on North Korea, indicates that “Kim’s transparency, no matter how hesitantly” shows that it looks at the maritime modernization as a decisive priority, and that “even public failures cannot hinder the broader narration of military progress.”

The shipyard accident comes last week weeks after North Korea revealed a similar warship in another part of the country.

Kim had launched this “breach” of the naval update in North Korea and said it would be deployed early next year.