North Korean State Council Chairman Kim Jong-un visited South Hwanghae Province, which was hit by the eighth typhoon'Babi', and directly identified the damage situation, the Chosun Central News reported.

The communication said, "Comrade Kim Jong-un looked back at the area affected by the typhoon in South Hwanghae Province and understood (find) the damage situation."

Chairman Kim said at this meeting, "The scale of damage caused by Typhoon 8 was less than expected."

He encouraged him to say, "I positively evaluate the progress of the national crisis management system to respond to natural disasters and the remarkable improvement in crisis response capabilities."

We ordered quick response to crop damage.

Chairman Kim said, "We need to put effort into minimizing the damage to the agricultural sector," and "Under cooperation with agricultural science research institutes, accurately diagnose the damage condition of crops and devise measures to improve growth to minimize the reduction in crop yields." And ordered.

In particular, he ordered, "Please mobilize all departments of the Central Committee for the restoration of agricultural land and crop damage in southern Hwanghae Province."

(Photo = Labor newspaper website capture, Yonhap News)