North Korea righted a capsized 5,000-ton warship and moored it at a pier in the Chongjin Shipyard state-run media reported, two weeks after a failed launch that leader Kim Jong Un condemned as a "criminal act.

The report by North Korean state media aligned with South Korean military assessments and recent commercial satellite images,

The ship, which had flipped on its side and partially sank after a botched launch, is now back upright.