North Korea hit by floods amid Covid-19 and food shortage
Torrential rains have seen 730 homes flooded in a country the World Food Programme says has ‘widespread malnutrition’
07 August 2020 - 11:24
Seoul — North Korean leader Kim Jong Un inspected a rural area hit by flooding as torrential rains threaten to wipe out farmland and deal another blow to a virus-damaged economy set for its biggest contraction in more than two decades.
Kim visited Unpha county, about 60km south of the capital, where about 730 homes have been flooded and ordered food and shelter be provided for those affected by the natural disaster, the state-run Korean Central News Agency reported Friday...
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