North Korea blames officials' inaction for typhoon casualties

[rooster59]

North Korea blames officials' inaction for typhoon casualties

By Hyonhee Shin

 

A North Korean flag fluttering on top of a 160-metre tower in North Korea's propaganda village of Gijungdong is seen through a pair of binoculars installed at the village hall of Tae Sung freedom village near the Military Demarcation Line (MDL), inside the demilitarised zone separating the two Koreas, in Paju, South Korea, April 24, 2018. REUTERS/Kim Hong-Ji/Files

 

SEOUL (Reuters) - North Korea's ruling party is calling for the punishment of officials whose failure to follow orders resulted in "dozens of casualties" during typhoons that lashed the Korean peninsula this week, a state newspaper reported on Saturday.

 

The isolated country has been grappling with torrential rains, floods and typhoons in one of the wettest rainy seasons on record.

 

Rodong Sinmun, an official party newspaper, reported that officials in Wonsan, an eastern coastal city hit especially hard by Typhoon Maysak, and surrounding Kangwon Province did not implement instructions to secure buildings at risk and prepare for a potential evacuation of residents.

 

"Dozens of casualties have occurred ... because of red tape and tricks among the city and provincial officials who did not accept the party's guidelines," the newspaper said.

 

The party held a meeting to review the officials' wrongdoings and seek strict legal punishment, the newspaper added.

 

On Wednesday, state television aired rare live reports of storm surge and torrential rains including from Wonsan, showing a damaged bridge, a flooded square and buildings and a van carrying loudspeakers to broadcast safety warnings.

 

The Rodong Sinmun separately reported activities to recover destroyed farms in the central county of Unpa, the country's breadbasket, while soldiers were seen repairing homes, bridges and river banks nationwide.

 

Concerns are growing about further crop damage and food supplies as the impoverished North braces for another, potentially more powerful typhoon, Haishen, which is on track to batter the peninsula's east coast starting Monday.

 

38 North, a U.S. think tank specialised in North Korea, said commercial satellite imagery showed more than 100 military and fishing vessels docked at the eastern port of Sinpo on Friday, much more than the usual 30-40, ahead of the typhoon.

 

But the shipyard, a major submarine base where submarine-launched ballistic missiles have been tested, appears to have suffered little damage from the recent storms, the think tank said.

 

(Reporting by Hyonhee Shin)

 

-- © Copyright Reuters 2020-09-05

 

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[sammieuk1]

Mr Kim will wheel out the anti aircraft gun to take care of wrong doers and make sure he doesn't miss ????

[YetAnother]

34 minutes ago, rooster59 said:

North Korea's ruling party is calling for the punishment of officials whose failure to follow orders

does it feel fun for some people to blame others for their own mistakes ?

[Puchaiyank]

Interesting,  they have not complained about the Chinese lack of action when the Coronavirus was discovered in their country...

[pegman]

Whatever happened to Dear Leader dying and Dear Sister taking over?

[candide]

It reminds me of another country....????

Is it because of the NK deep state?

[Emdog]

Shot if you do, shot if you don't, so might as well "don't"... less work

[Bender Rodriguez]

saw a docu a few days ago .... n-korea send labor to other countries and their salaries are sent, via THE EMBASSY to mr kim himself, so he can have a royal life and play with nukes while the population is starving

[wombat]

14 hours ago, rooster59 said:

officials who did not accept the party's guidelines,"

and its off to the gulag you go....silly people

[Burma Bill]

16 hours ago, rooster59 said:

North Korea's ruling party is calling for the punishment of officials

[Dap]

Fun?

[herfiehandbag]

On 9/6/2020 at 12:38 AM, pegman said:

Whatever happened to Dear Leader dying and Dear Sister taking over?

Neither "Kim" features - rather it is " the ruling party".

 

If "Fat Boy" was still at the top surely he would be shown and quoted, his sister likewise. Perhaps the "transition is still being managed"?

Edited September 6, 2020 by herfiehandbag

[Scott]

Off-topic post reported and removed. 

 

[hotchilli]

On 9/5/2020 at 8:26 PM, rooster59 said:

The party held a meeting to review the officials' wrongdoings and seek strict legal punishment, the newspaper added

Going to be breaking rocks for a while.

[overherebc]

On 9/6/2020 at 12:38 PM, Burma Bill said:

Look down the black hole at the top end and then push that little thing there and you will achieve instant enlightenment, honestly.

[FangFerang]

On 9/5/2020 at 9:01 PM, YetAnother said:

does it feel fun for some people to blame others for their own mistakes ?

He seems to take after Agent Orange and his lapdog BoJo.