Kim Jong-un dismissed a provincial party chief while touring coastal areas hit by a typhoon - amid calls for officials to be “gravely punished” for failing to follow orders, according to reports.
North Korea's state-run television KRT carried footage of the despot convening a meeting with officials and walking in the typhoon-hit area.
While Kim surveyed the damage caused by a typhoon that battered coastal areas last week, a tenth typhoon of the season was swirling in the East China Sea.
The Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) said more than 1,000 houses were destroyed in coastal areas of South and North Hamgyong provinces and reported that farmland and some public buildings had been inundated.
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