Kim Jong Un pushes for swift flood recovery as economic pain grows

North Korea faces 'triple whammy' including typhoon and closed China border

YOSUKE ONCHI, Nikkei staff writer

SEOUL -- North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has pledged to quickly restore flood-devastated areas of the country, fearing that a slow disaster-recovery in a nation already battered by sanctions and border closure with China could fan public discontent.

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