North Korea's Kim slams 'irresponsible' premier over flood damage

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SEOUL: North Korean leader Kim Jong Un slammed his cabinet's 'irresponsible' handling of flooding, blaming them for recent storm damage in the isolated country, state media reported Tuesday (Aug 22).

, a country where natural disasters can be devastating due to weak infrastructure and widespread deforestation, which increases vulnerability to flooding.

Kim said the recent damage was"not a calamity caused by natural disasters but a human disaster by irresponsibility ... of the loafers", KCNA said."The premier looked round the site once or twice with the attitude of an onlooker," the report said. In the state media images, Kim can be seen giving instructions to officials who were also standing in the flooded field.But Kim last week praised his military for their patriotism as they helped salvage the crops in typhoon-stricken farms in Kangwon Province.

Analysts said there were likely to be changes in the North Korean cabinet following Kim Jong Un's criticism of the premier. The UN Security Council last week accused Pyongyang of spending heavily on its nuclear arms programme while its people go hungry and lack basic necessities. The North's domestic product experienced a significant drop of 12 per cent in 2022 compared to 2016, the agency told lawmakers during a briefing, according to lawmaker Yoo Sang-bum.

 

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