Kim fires project managers

For public health’s sake: The construction site of the hospital in Pyongyang, North Korea. — AP

SEOUL: North Korea’s leader has sacked officials building a hospital after they pressed the public for contributions, media reported, the second rebuke linked to the high-profile project in a country where such problems are rarely publicised.

Leader Kim Jong-un ordered the Pyongyang General Hospital to be built by the 75th anniversary of the founding of the ruling Workers’ Party in October, calling it a “top priority” in improving public health in the face of the novel coronavirus.