Published 18:48 IST, October 2nd 2020
North Korea's leader visits flood-hit town, sister makes first public appearance in months
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un was recently spotted inspecting the recovery work in flood-hit areas of the nation, state media reported on October 2.
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rth Korean leer Kim Jong Un was recently spotted inspecting recovery work in flood-hit areas of nation, state media reported on October 2. leer was accompanied by his sister, Kim Yo Jong, who me her first public appearance in two months. ir visit comes as summer storms, typhoons and floods have hard hit hermit nation, destroying hundreds of houses and annihilating food supplies.
Appreciated speed of reconstruction
During his visit, Kim appreciated speed of reconstruction work in Kimhwa County in Kangwŏn province, KCNA reported. Commenting on destruction in country, leer said that storms and natural disaster, this year, have been one of “unprecedently hardships”.
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Amidst all this, a vehicle that may be carrying intercontinental ballistic missile was spotted at a pare training ground in Pyongyang suburbs amid signs of preparation for celebratory pare on October 10, a US-based think-tank said. ruling Workers' Party of Korea (WPK) was founded on October 10, 1945, and rth Korean troops are preparing for a military pare to mark 75th anniversary of party.
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38 rth, a program of Stimson Center dedicated to analysing events in and around rth Korea, released satellite imry of Mirim Pare Training Ground on September 22. analysts said that shape and size of vehicle suggests a transporter-erector-launcher (TEL) for a large missile. However, y also ded that it could be a towed mobile-erector-launcher (MEL) with its truck-tractor attached, citing insufficient imry resolution.
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y ackwledged that vehicle could be something else but ded that it seems unlikely in this particular location and circumstance.” Mirim facility has regularly been used as a rehearsal location for pares but rehearsals, according to 38 rth, started slightly later when compared to previous years, possibly because of COVID-19 measures and wear constraints.
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18:49 IST, October 2nd 2020