North Korean officials face punishment as Kim Jong-un visits typhoon-hit area

North Korean leader Kim Jong-un has visited typhoon-stricken areas in the northeast, fired a top official there and promised to send 12,000 workers from Pyongyang for recovery efforts, state media reported Sunday.It’s the latest in a series of high-profile visits by Kim and his deputies to areas hit by natural disasters in recent weeks. Some experts say Kim likely attempted to project an image of a leader looking after people’s livelihoods as he seeks to bolster internal unity in the face of…

from South China Morning Post https://www.scmp.com/news/asia/east-asia/article/3100418/north-korean-officials-face-punishment-kim-jong-un-visits