More than 1,000 dwellings along the east coast of North Korea were destroyed by a typhoon last week, Kim Jong Un heard during an on-site visit to the area on Saturday — the latest development in a mounting series of challenges to afflict the DPRK.
Kim was touring the typhoon-stricken North and South Hamgyong provinces when he learned of the damage from a vice chairman of the Party Central Committee, the Korea Central News Agency (KCNA) said on Sept. 6.
More than 1,000 dwellings along the east coast of North Korea were destroyed by a typhoon last week, Kim Jong Un heard during an on-site visit to the area on Saturday — the latest development in a mounting series of challenges to afflict the DPRK.
Kim was touring the typhoon-stricken North and South Hamgyong provinces when he learned of the damage from a vice chairman of the Party Central Committee, the Korea Central News Agency (KCNA) said on Sept. 6.
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