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President Kim Jong-un visited the site of the flood damage in Hwanghae-do, a North Korean grain area, to check on the restoration situation and praise the People’s Army.
In a situation where it is difficult to expect extraordinary economic performance this year due to the corona crisis and flood damage, it is expected to highlight the ‘battle of speed of recovery’ and begin to unite the system.
Reporter Hwang Hye-kyung reports.
[기자]President Kim Jong-un, dressed in a white T-shirt, looks around the interior of the house where the cement is exposed.
This is the restoration site of Eunpa County, Hwanghae Province, which collapsed due to heavy rain last month.
President Kim praised the miracle that only the people’s army with loyalty to the Party and passionate love for the people could do so, and said the traces of the flood damage were erased and the village was revealed in just 30 days.
[조선중앙TV : 인민군대가 있는 한 그 어떤 자연재해도, 재앙도 우리 인민의 행복과 웃음을 앗아가지 못한다고….]However, when I moved to the nearby rice field, my expression quickly hardened.
This is because growing conditions are bad due to flood damage and even pests have occurred.
[조선중앙TV : 비록 손실은 있지만 봄내 여름내 농장원들이 성실한 땀을 바쳐 힘들게 애써 가꾼 농작물들을 쉽사리 포기할 생각을 하지 말고….]This is already the fourth time President Kim has visited the flood damage site.
Sanctions against North Korea, the crown crisis and even natural disasters are interpreted as a measure to appease public sentiment that “three high schools” suffer.
There is also an analysis that it is a propaganda agitation method that tries to lift the atmosphere with a ‘miracle of recovery’ recovering the damage until the anniversary of the establishment on the 10th of the following month.
[양무진 / 북한대학원대학교 교수 : (수해 피해를) 빠른 시일 내에 복구함으로써 한 달여 남은 당 창건 75주년의 기념 여건을 조성하려는 의도와 함께 당의 영도만 있으면 자력갱생으로 어떤 어려움도 극복할 수 있다는 점을 인민들에게 심어줌으로써 당·군·민 일체화 시도의 의도도 담긴 것으로 분석합니다.]However, with this year’s food production and economic performance expected to be well below the target value, the focus is on how President Kim, who said he will ‘not receive external support’, will overcome this.
This is YTN Hwang Hye-kyung.
