The Chosun Central News Agency reported today that North Korea's Chairman of the State Council Kim Jong-un provided on-site guidance on the flood recovery site in Kimhwa-gun, Gangwon-do.
On the local guidance, my younger sister, Kim Yeo-jeong, was also the first vice-president.
His public action has been around two months since the National Veterans Convention in late July.
Chairman Kim Jong-un looked around Kimhwa-gun, which was hit by the 9th typhoon'Mysak' in the last month following the torrential rain in August, and grasps the size of the damage by sector such as housing, agricultural land, transportation, land environment, urban management, electricity, and postal service. I did.
It is highly likely that a local map was made on the day before Chuseok, as the North Korean state media usually report on Kim's activities the next day.
Chairman Kim said, “When I came here in mid-August, all roads were cut off due to a disaster-related heavy rain of over 900 mm, and I mobilized a direct plane (helicopter) to understand (find) the damage situation, and received a report of the terrible tragedy of the damage to 1,000 households. I remember the days when I was trembling like yesterday.”
When the residents received a report that they were happy with the collapsed housing construction, he said, "I am very happy" and emphasized that the entire construction process, from design and construction, should be developed according to the viewpoint and principle of people's first principle and respect for the people.
(Photo = Labor newspaper website capture, Yonhap News)