North Korean Flooding Set to Add to Kim’s Economic Woes
- Economy was already set for biggest contraction in two decades
- Country’s breadbasket hit with torrential rains in past days
Pedestrians shelter beneath umbrellas as they walk through a rain shower in Pyongyang on Aug.5.
Photographer: Kim Won Jin/AFP via Getty Images
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North Korean leader Kim Jong Un inspected a rural area hit by flooding as torrential rains threaten to wipe out farmland and deal another blow to a virus-damaged economy set for its biggest contraction in more than two decades.
Kim visited Unpha county, about 60 km (40 miles) south of the capital, where about 730 homes have been flooded and ordered food and shelter be provided for those affected by the natural disaster, the state-run Korean Central News Agency reported Friday.