2024-08-04 07:15:41
This week, North Korea announced that on July 27 the country was hit by an unprecedented downpour, during which an unknown number of people died, water flooded homes and covered farmland in the north of the country near China.
“I am asking you to convey my condolences and words of support to all those who lost their loved ones due to the storm,” said V. Putin’s telegram to Kim Jong Un. “You can always count on our help and support.”
North Korea and Russia have been allies since North Korea’s inception after World War II, and Moscow is set to join forces in 2022. became even closer after the invasion of Ukraine.
South Korean media, which has offered emergency aid to victims, reported this week that the number of dead and missing could reach 1,500.
Kim Jong Un dismissed the reports as a “smear campaign to embarrass us and tarnish” North Korea’s image. Natural disasters hit the isolated, impoverished country with poor infrastructure, and deforestation has exacerbated flood damage.
2024-08-04 07:15:41