North Korea's ruling party is calling for the punishment of officials whose failure to follow orders resulted in 'dozens of casualties' during typhoons that lashed the Korean peninsula this week.
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un inspects the typhoon-damaged area in South Hwanghae Province, North Korea, on August 27 2020.North Korea's ruling party is calling for the punishment of officials whose failure to follow orders resulted in"dozens of casualties" during typhoons that lashed the Korean peninsula this week, a state newspaper reported on Saturday.
Rodong Sinmun, an official party newspaper, reported that officials in Wonsan, an eastern coastal city hit especially hard by Typhoon Maysak, and surrounding Kangwon Province did not implement instructions to secure buildings at risk and prepare for a potential evacuation of residents. The party held a meeting to review the officials' wrongdoings and seek strict legal punishment, the newspaper added.
The Rodong Sinmun separately reported activities to recover destroyed farms in the central county of Unpa, the country's breadbasket, while soldiers were seen repairing homes, bridges and river banks nationwide.
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