North Korean leader Kim Jong Un visited the site of this summer’s devastating floods in the northern Jagang Province for the first time on Monday, according to state media, where he called out problems with constructing new homes and extended his completion deadline.
The villages Kim visited are mostly for workers from a series of important weapons factories, including one rapidly rebuilt earlier this year to improve domestic capabilities and possibly increase production of arms for export to Russia.
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un visited the site of this summer’s devastating floods in the northern Jagang Province for the first time on Monday, according to state media, where he called out problems with constructing new homes and extended his completion deadline.
The villages Kim visited are mostly for workers from a series of important weapons factories, including one rapidly rebuilt earlier this year to improve domestic capabilities and possibly increase production of arms for export to Russia.
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