Kim Jong Un, the leader of North Korea, made a visit to a flooded area close to China’s border this week to discuss plans to help those affected by recent, heavy rain and floods, including bringing about 15, 400 people to the capital until new homes are constructed, according to state media KCNA on Saturday ( Aug 10 ).
Kim made a two-day journey on Thursday and Friday to Uiju County, one of the damaged areas, to give extra help for those affected, KCNA reported.
According to North Korea, thousands of homes in Sinuiju and Uiju County in Sinuiju and Uiju County were flooded last year as a result of heavy rain.
Kim visited flooded locations and inspected recovery operations where the military planned to fly about 20 missions each to help 4, 200 people within a half-day of Tropical Storm Gaemi’s heavy rain.
KCNA said Kim addressed ideas to give state support for older people, soldiers, children and mothers in the region’s capital Pyongyang until their new homes are built, adding about 15, 400 people may get brought to Pyongyang.
Due to the extensive damage, Kim predicted that it would take at least two to three times for flood sufferers to recover from their lives.
Kim likewise thanked those nations and international organizations that have reached out to North Korea and indicated willingness to aid in any way, but Kim also stated that the nation will “forge its own way with its own power and work,” according to KCNA.
Vladimir Putin, the president of Russia, claimed next Sunday that he had provided North Korea with humanitarian assistance. Kim thanked him for the present, but he said he would ask for assistance “if aid is required” because his government has already begun to prepare recovery plans, according to KCNA.
The South’s Red Cross stated last week that it was prepared to provide the North with products for damage that had recently been caused by heavy rains.