North Korean leader Kim Jong-un visits typhoon-hit area

North Korean leader Kim Jong-un visited a typhoon-hit area in the country's Hwanghae province and called for all-out efforts to minimize damage to fields and a reduction in harvests, state-media reported on Friday. The state-media reports however, did not reveal the exact day of his visit, but it appeared to have come hours after typhoon Bavi passed along the North's western coastline on Thursday, reports the Seoul-based Yonhap News Agency. During the visit, Kim said that the scale of damage is smaller than expected and "positively appraised national crisis control system against natural disasters taking up proper shape and the ability to counter the crisis making remarkable improvement", acording to a report in Pyongyang's official Korean Central News Agency (KCNA). He stressed the need to "direct efforts to minimizing the damage in the agricultural fields in particular and reduction in the harvest", while urging "an all-out campaign" of completing the recovery so that the country can mark the 75th founding anniversary of the ruling Workers' Party next month. Hwanghae is one of the largest rice-producing areas of the country. (IANS) 

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