Kim Jong-un reflects the annual economic plan of ‘total readjustment’ on the anniversary of the establishment of the regime

North Korean leader Kim Jong-un It involved a total readjustment of this year’s economic plan.. It was at an expansion meeting of the Central Military Commission of the Labor Party that President Kim met in Pyongyang on the 8th.

On the 9th, the North Korean government media such as the Labor newspaper said, “President Kim led the seventh-sixth expansion meeting of the Central Military Commission on the 8th” and “(President Kim) reported the situation in detail. from the Geomdeok district, which was severely damaged. ”

North Korean leader Kim Jong-un held an expansion meeting of the Labor Party Central Military Committee on the 8th and discussed measures to recover damages in Geomdeok district, which was damaged by the 10th Typhoon ‘High Sun’, reported the Labor newspaper on the 9th. [연합뉴스]

According to the labor newspaper, “President Kim inevitably faces a situation where we have to fully consider the end-of-year fighting tasks that were promoted at the national level and turn the tide of fighting due to the unexpected damage from the typhoon. “. “We must take national emergency measures to avoid (recover) the damages.”

The ninth is the 72nd anniversary of the establishment of the North Korean regime, and President Kim ordered the establishment of emergency measures for natural disasters in lieu of a celebration.

President Kim also mentioned the economic failure at the Political Affairs Meeting in April and in the plenary session held on 19 last month. This time, the expression ‘complete area’ was used, indicating that the government plans to mobilize all national capacities in the recovery project in the second half of this year.

According to North Korean media, North Korea is the 10th Typhoon ‘Highsun’, destroying or flooding the public buildings of more than 2000 households, including the Geomdeok Mining Association, Daeheung Youth Hero Mine, Yongyang Mine and the Baekbawi mine. Damage suffered. In addition, 45 roads and 60 km of roads were lost, 59 bridges were cut and the carriageway of the 3.5 km section and two 1.13 km rails were lost. North Korea said: “This has completely paralyzed traffic.”

Ahn Byeong-min, honorary researcher at the Korea Transportation Institute, said: “The damaged area identified by North Korea is a heavily concentrated area of ​​mines near Dancheon, Hamnam.”

Researcher Ahn said: “There are many open-air mines where zinc and magnesite are collected, and during the lifetime of President Kim Il-sung, it has played a role as a ‘money package’ enough to change the name of this place as ‘Donsan’ and ‘Geumgol’. Although the sanctions have blocked the mineral market, it seems that the point of view of North Korea has suffered a lot of damage, so it seems inevitable to modify its economic plan ”.

It seems that this sense of crisis was reflected in the fact that President Kim declared the typhoon damage a national crisis situation and convened the Central Military Committee, which is a military consultation. Indeed, President Kim visited the site where the western coast grain area was damaged by Typhoon ‘Babi’ last month, and in the immediate aftermath of Typhoon No. 9 ‘Mysak’, was unable to properly prepare for damage. did. On this occasion, the annual plan for the national economy has been modified.

The ‘Sudo Party Members Division’, consisting of 12,000 party members in Pyongyang, North Korea, gathers in Geumsusan Taeyang Palace Square before departing from Hamgyeong-do, which was hit by the typhoon on the 8th. . [연합뉴스]

Some analysts say that as the economic situation becomes difficult due to international sanctions against North Korea and a new coronavirus infection (Corona 19), North Korea is trying to avoid resident turmoil and urge unity. of a heart through natural disasters like floods and typhoons.

It is also noted that North Korea’s plan to complete damage recovery until its founding anniversary (75th anniversary) on the 10th of next month and extend it through the end of the year is a “political” intention along with the severity of the damage.

On the other hand, the labor newspaper reported that on the 8th, the ‘Sudo Division of Party Members’ carried out an uprising at the Geumsusan Solar Palace in Pyongyang on the 8th. “The entire capital, Pyongyang, is visiting the people from the affected areas in South Hamgyeong and North Korea. The Capital Party Members Division is a casualty recovery support group organized after President Kim released a letter ordering 12,000 Pyongyang Labor Party members to leave on the 5th to recover from the typhoon damage. .

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