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Time of India
18-06-2025
- Time of India
Boy dies after fall while playing with father
Thiruvananthapuram: A four-year-old boy, who sustained a head injury while playing with his father, died on Tuesday night while undergoing treatment at SAT Hospital. Police identified the deceased as Eman of RL Sadanam near Karikkathin at Chulliyoor. Eman was the only child of Rajin, a bus driver, and Dhanya, a homemaker. According to police, the incident happened on Tuesday evening. Eman was playing with his father, who was sitting on the floor. Suddenly, the boy ran towards him and climbed on his chest. The father was unable to catch him in time and Eman fell over the father's shoulder and hit his head against the wall. The boy sustained a grievous head injury and was soon rushed to a private hospital at Parassala. After his condition turned critical, doctors referred him to SAT Hospital, where he was put on ventilator support. However, he died at 11.30pm. Parassala police registered a case under Section 194 of Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita for unnatural death. His body was sent to relatives after a postmortem and inquest at the medical college hospital. The funeral was held at his house on Wednesday evening.
Fox News
15-06-2025
- Politics
- Fox News
North Korea relaunches warship that suffered embarrassing failure during initial launch
North Korea has repaired and relaunched their 5,000-ton warship after a botched launch in May, according to North Korean state media. The second warship was once again upright in the water, according to the North Korean news agency KCNA. The communist country's leader, Kim Jong Un, was in attendance to give a speech and spoke about the failed launch. "Of course, we felt panic-stricken in front of the unexpected and ridiculous accident caused while launching this destroyer in Chongjin last month," Kim said. Kim did not take the accident lightly, going as far as to call it a criminal act, according to KCNA. "We judged the accident not as a simple mistake but as a never-to-be-forgiven, serious criminal act that lowered the dignity and self-respect of our state in a moment, and investigated the root cause of the accident in a comprehensive way," Kim said. In fact, the chief engineer of the Chongjin Shipyard, along with others, were arrested according KCNA. However, this setback hasn't seemed to slow down Kim's ambitions as he promised more warships to come. "Warships of a new generation are to be launched one after another in the coming years, and they will form the backbone of our maritime defense forces," Kim said. The ship, which Kim has reportedly named "Kang Kon," was moved to the Rajin shipyard after being set up right, according to the Wall Street Journal. The total extent of the damage to the ship is unknown as it never left the dry dock. Satellite images previously released by South Korea had shown the ship lying on its side. Reported previously by KCNA, the "Kang Kon" had slipped off of its ramp and became stuck. The flatcar failed to move alongside the ship, throwing it off balance and crushing parts of the ship's bottom. This caused the massive warship's stern to slide down the launch slipway, making the ship's bow section unable to leave the ramp, according to KNCA. The "Kang Kon" was the second naval destroyer launched within a month after Kim attended the successful launch of another 5,000-ton destroyer from Nampo, a port on the west coast of North Korea. Fox News Digital's Michael Dorgan and Landon Mion contributed to this story.
South China Morning Post
14-06-2025
- Politics
- South China Morning Post
Is North Korea's Kim shoring up navy in strategic bid with allies China, Russia?
North Korean leader Kim Jong-un has vowed to build a blue-water navy to counter what he described as growing threats from the United States , an ambition that observers say appears to be linked to broader strategic coordination with key Pyongyang allies China and Russia Advertisement Kim made the announcement during a launch ceremony at the northeastern port of Rajin for a newly repaired warship, following an earlier failed launch at the same location, state media reported on Friday. The vessel, 'Kang Kon', is the second 5,000-ton multi-mission destroyer North Korea has launched this year, following the Choe Hyon, unveiled in April. It is named after the leader of anti-Japanese guerillas who fought alongside Kim Il-sung, the founder of North Korea. In his speech, Kim called for strengthening North Korea's maritime military presence in the Pacific Ocean, citing 'provocations' by the US and its allies, according to the Korean Central News Agency (KCNA). Kim declared that as North Korea's naval power expanded its territorial seas into the open ocean, the country's enemies would inevitably retreat. 'The proud status of our heroic and battle-ready Navy will not only be demonstrated in our coastal waters but across the vast oceans of the world,' he said. A performance is held to commemorate the launch of the North Korean destroyer 'Kang Kon'. Photo: KCNA/KNS/AFP Kim insisted the naval build-up was a 'justified response' to perceived threats from Washington and Seoul, which have intensified joint military exercises and deterrence strategies due to North Korea's advancing nuclear programme, and warned of 'overwhelming military action' in response.
Al Jazeera
13-06-2025
- Politics
- Al Jazeera
N Korea's Kim eyes more warships as damaged destroyer relaunched
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has promised to build more warships and deploy them to the Pacific Ocean, as he officiated at the relaunching of a destroyer that partially sank during its inauguration last month, state media reports. The Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) reported on Friday that Kim presided over the ceremony for the 5,000-tonne destroyer at the Rajin shipyard in the country's far north. The ship has been named Kang Kon after a senior North Korean military official who was killed in action during the Korean War. In a speech at the ceremony on Thursday, Kim was quoted as saying that repairs to the destroyer 'had not delayed' North Korea's attempts to enhance naval power. 'In two weeks' time, the vessel was brought upright safely and set afloat, accomplishing its complete restoration today as planned,' Kim said, according to KCNA. The North Korean leader also announced that plans were in place 'to build two more 5,000-tonne destroyers next year', as he called for his country to strengthen its maritime military presence in the Pacific Ocean in the face of what he said were provocations by the United States and its allies. 'Soon, enemies will experience, themselves, how provocative and unpleasant it is to sit and watch the ships of an adversary run rampant on the fringes of sovereign waters,' Kim said. 'I'm sure that in the near future, the routes of our battleships … will be opened on the Pacific Ocean toward the outposts of aggression,' he said. Recent satellite images had shown ongoing repairs of the Kang Kon destroyer that had partially capsized in May during a botched inaugural launch that Kim described as a 'criminal act'. The newly launched Kang Kon is North Korea's second known destroyer and is seen as a crucial asset in Kim's goal of modernising his country's naval forces. The South Korean military estimates, based on its size and scale, that the new warship is similarly equipped to the 5,000-tonne destroyer-class vessel Choe Hyon, which North Korea built with Russian assistance and launched in May. Kim has been pushing for the modernisation of his military and calling for an aggressive response to threats from the US and South Korea, who are key allies and regularly conduct military drills together. On Wednesday, the White House said that US President Donald Trump would welcome communications with Kim after having had friendly relations with him during his first term in office. But the South Korea-based NK News, which monitors North Korea, reported recently that Pyongyang's delegation at the United Nations in New York had repeatedly refused to accept a letter from Trump to Kim.
Al Arabiya
13-06-2025
- Politics
- Al Arabiya
Satellite images show damaged North Korean warship moved to port for repairs
A North Korean stricken destroyer that partially capsized during a botched launching ceremony has arrived at a ship repair factory, a Washington think tank said. The destroyer that suffered a failed launch was moved to the graving dock at Rajin Dockyard, also known as Rajin Ship Repair Factory, by June 8, the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) said based on satellite imagery. State media reported on Friday that experts would examine the hull for the next stage of restorations, to be carried out at Rajin Dockyard for 7–10 days. North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, who witnessed the failed launch of the destroyer, called the accident a 'criminal act.' Since the accident in May, North Korea has said it detained several officials, and Kim ordered the ship restored before a ruling party meeting this month. The Rajin shipyard, located near the Russian border, has produced many of North Korea's larger warships for decades, CSIS said. 'Once any critical repairs or restoration work are completed, the vessel will likely be transferred to the shipyard's fitting out dock, where its weapons and other systems will be installed and subsequently commissioned,' the think tank said in a report. The ship lay on its side in the water after the botched launch, but it was pulled upright, according to US researchers and the South Korean military. The 5,000-ton destroyers launched by North Korea this year are the country's largest warships yet, part of leader Kim's push to upgrade its naval power with vessels capable of carrying and launching dozens of missiles.
