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| ▲ This image, published by the Korean Central News Agency on July 31, 2024, shows North Korean leader Kim Jong-un (L, in black suit) visiting Sinuiju in North Phyongan Province following flood damage. (For Use Only in the Republic of Korea. No Redistribution) (Yonhap) |
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N. Korea urges vigilance against heavy monsoon rain
SEOUL, July 3 (Yonhap) -- North Korea on Thursday urged ranking officials to make thorough preparations as heavy monsoon rain is expected to soak the country this week.
The North's most widely read newspaper, Rodong Sinmun, called for "maximum vigilance and a prompt response posture," saying that any defenselessness or negligence in the face of heavy rain stems from a lack of responsibility, a poor sense of crisis or an ideological lapse.
"There should never be any tendency to take natural disasters, directly connected to the lives of the people and the safety of the country, lightly or to deal with them negligently," the newspaper noted.
South Korea's weather agency has forecast the summer monsoonal front, after passing over the southern regions of the Korean Peninsula, is heading northward and is expected to bring up to 150 millimeters of rain to some parts of North Korea from Thursday through Saturday.
In July last year, North Korea's northwestern provinces of North Phyongan and Jagang suffered massive flooding due to heavy seasonal rain. Leader Kim Jong-un visited flood-damaged Sinuiju in the region and dismissed the then social security minister and a provincial secretary from their posts.
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