'We cannot help but change the direction of our struggle after comprehensively considering the year-end tasks that were under way with the nation-wide efforts,' North Korean supreme leader Kim Jong Un decided.
North Korean supreme leader Kim Jong Un has praised the disaster relief efforts of his armed forces in the wake of a typhoon that has battered the small, militarized state ahead of an anniversary marked by warm words from world leaders.
Early reports indicated the typhoon wrecked some 2,000 homes and tens of public buildings, swept away more than 37 miles of roadway in 45 places, destroyed 59 bridges and two miles of railway roadbeds in 31 places and thousands of feet of rails of two places.Major mining sites such as the Komdok Mining Complex, the Taehung Youth Hero Mine, the Ryongyang Mine and the Paekbawi Mine were badly affected,"leading to the state of emergency of total paralysis of transport system.
North Korean supreme leader presides over the sixth enlarged meeting of Seventh Central Military Commission of the Workers' Party of Korea, September 9. The gathering was called in response to Typhoon No. 9, which"a disaster that seriously affected several areas on the eastern coast and northern inland areas of the country, and discussed state measures for reconstruction.
President Vladimir Putin of Russia, North Korea's other neighbor, also reached out. He their bilateral relations"have been of friendly and good-neighborly nature traditionally, and the constructive bilateral dialogue and beneficial cooperation in various fields are in conformity with the interests of the peoples of the two countries and contribute to promoting security and stability in the Korean Peninsula and throughout the Northeast Asian region.
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