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North Korean state media focused on the weather this week, issuing warnings about heavy monsoon rains and calling for efforts to prevent damage to agriculture.

The country’s main news agency reported that China’s ambassador visited a shoe factory in Pyongyang, in what may be a sign of plans to resume exports of footwear for the first time in years.