North Korea has reportedly refloated a warship after it capsized during a launch attempt , in an incident that drew harsh criticism from the country's leader Kim Jong Un. Kim, who witnessed the warship tipping over during the failed launch about two weeks ago, had criticised the incident as a "criminal act" that "severely damaged the [country's] dignity and pride". Some analysts saw Kim's swift and severe response to the earlier failed launch as a signal that Pyongyang would continue to advance its military capabilities. Just weeks before the botched launch, Pyongyang had unveiled a similar warship in another part of the country. Kim called that warship a "breakthrough" in modernising North Korea's navy and said it would be deployed early next year.