SEOUL: North Korean leader Kim Jong Un berated 'irresponsible' officials for failing to prevent damage from a tropical storm that swept through the Korean peninsula last week, state media said on Monday (Aug 14).
, which battered Japan before taking a circuitous route towards the Korean peninsula, moved across North Korea early Friday, bringing heavy rains to the South.
Visiting flooded farmlands in Anbyon County in the east of the country, Kim said the region suffered more damage than other areas"entirely due to extremely chronic and irresponsible work attitude" of local officials, the Korean Central News Agency reported.
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