PYONGYANG, Sept 9 (NNN-KCNA) – Kim Jong Un, top leader of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK), presided over a meeting, to discuss recent typhoon damage and reconstruction measures, it was reported today.
It was an enlarged meeting of the Central Military Commission of the Workers’ Party of Korea (WPK), the report said.
After Typhoon Maysak hit the country on Sept 3, more than 2,000 houses and tens of public buildings were destroyed or inundated, 60 km of roads washed away, 59 bridges collapsed, over 3,500 metres of railway roadbeds and more than 1,130 metres of rails swept away, in the Komdok area of South Hamgyong province.
The restoration of the Komdok area at the earliest date is necessary, for protecting the people and state properties there, and it is an urgent task that should be given top priority for reviving the important arteries of the national economy, Kim said.
He stressed the need to “take state emergency measures” to make sure that new houses take shape and roads and railways restored by Oct 10, on which the 75th founding anniversary of the WPK falls.
Over the last month, the DPRK suffered from three powerful typhoon invasions, the recent landfall was Typhoon Haishen, which hit the eastern part of the country on Monday, with the total damage still under assessment.– NNN-KCNA
