State Media Photos Show North Korea Leader Kim Jung Un Meeting Flood Victims
North Korean state media released photos showing leader Kim Jung Un visiting victims of flooding caused by the recent Tropical Storm Gaemi.
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00:00North Korean state media has released photos of the country's leader, Kim Jong-un, visiting
00:04victims of flooding caused by the recent tropical storm Kaemi.
00:08International media has not been able to verify the photos, which show Kim visiting temporary
00:13shelters and meeting with residents.
00:15Kim announced that he may have to move more than 15,000 victims to the capital Pyongyang
00:20until new homes are built.
00:22The government says thousands of homes in the north of the country were flooded during
00:25the storm.
00:26Kaemi brought rain, flooding and landslides across much of Asia, including in Taiwan,
00:31the Philippines and China, destroying homes and displacing hundreds of thousands.