Xinhua News Agency, Pyongyang, September 6 (Reporter Hong Kerun, Jiang Yaping) According to Korean Central News Agency’s report on the 6th, Kim Jong-un, chairman of the Workers’ Party of Korea, chairman of the State Council and supreme commander of the armed forces, presided over an enlarged meeting of the Government Affairs Bureau of the CPC Central Committee in the typhoon-stricken area on the 5th to deploy disaster relief work in South Hamgyong Province and North Hamgyong Province, and to investigate the disaster situation in the disaster-stricken area.
The report said that North Korea was hit by Typhoon Mesak on the 3rd, and the South Hamgyong Road and North Hamgyong Road in the northeast of North Korea suffered major disasters. More than 1,000 houses were destroyed in each road, and many public buildings and farmland were flooded.
The report also said that the enlarged meeting of the Political Affairs Bureau of the CPC Central Committee discussed the post-disaster reconstruction work of South Hamgyong Province and North Hamgyong Province, and made decisions on specific matters such as building engineering forces and ensuring material transportation.
On the same day, Kim Jong-un also visited some disaster-stricken areas in South Hamgyong Province. He pointed out that most areas along the coast have weak security measures, and demanded that coastal dampproof dikes and harbor breakwaters be built according to standards. Kim Jong-un also learned about the growth of crops affected by the disaster, and stressed the need to actively take agricultural technical countermeasures to avoid the reduction of output as much as possible.
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