North Korea leader Kim Jong-un visiting a damaged area in the South Hamgyong province, North Korea, following a typhoon known as Maysak. - AP
SEOUL, Sept 6 (Reuters): North Korean leader Kim Jong-Un on late Saturday (Sept 5) toured areas hit by a typhoon, replaced a local provincial party committee chairman and ordered Pyongyang officials to lead a recovery effort, state media reported on Sunday.
The Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) said more than 1,000 houses were destroyed along the coastline areas of South and North Hamgyong provinces and "not a few public buildings and farmlands were inundated."
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