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Typhoon wreaks havoc in DPRK
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A typhoon that struck Democratic People鈥檚 Republic of Korea wrecked nearly 60 bridges and destroyed or inundated more than 2,000 houses, state media reported yesterday.
DPRK鈥檚 leader Kim Jong Un saying the damage had disrupted central planning for the rest of the year.
Typhoon Maysak brought days of heavy downpours to the country鈥檚 east coast last week even as it was still reeling from earlier flooding and typhoon damage, and this week it was followed by Typhoon Haishen.
Maysak 鈥渄estroyed or inundated鈥 more than 2,000 houses and tens of public buildings in the affected regions, the official KCNA news agency said.
Sixty kilometers of roads and 59 bridges collapsed, with over 3,500 meters of railway roadbeds 鈥渟wept away.鈥
The damage obliged the authorities to 鈥渃hange the direction of our struggle after comprehensively considering the year-end tasks that were underway,鈥 Kim told a top committee of the ruling Workers鈥 Party of Korea, according to KCNA.
It did not give specific details.
Kim has ordered some 12,000 Pyongyang-based party members to help with recovery efforts in affected rural regions, and they attended a rally on Tuesday before being dispatched.
鈥淲e are afraid of nothing,鈥 said Kang Chol Jin, a party member at the event in front of the Kumsusan Palace of the Sun, the giant mausoleum that holds the bodies of Kim鈥檚 grandfather and father, DPRK鈥檚 founder Kim Il Sung and his son and successor Kim Jong Il.
鈥淲e firmly confirm our determination to go to the typhoon-afflicted areas and complete our missions as soon as possible,鈥 Kang added.
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