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North Korea, which frequently suffers from flood damage, has ordered its officials to thoroughly prepare for the rainy season, emphasizing the need to eliminate formalism in disaster prevention efforts.
In an article titled "Let Us Thoroughly Establish Countermeasures to Prevent Rainy Season Damage—We Must Devise Responses by Rechecking Ten or a Hundred Times," the Rodong Sinmun, the official newspaper of the Workers' Party, urged all officials today (July 4) to "remain on maximum alert, scrutinize and recheck everything ten or a hundred times, and establish thorough preventive measures to minimize natural disasters."
The newspaper stated, "The success of disaster prevention work depends entirely on the sense of responsibility and the role of the officials," and added, "They must strive to devise practical measures to ensure that no man-made disasters occur due to their own irresponsibility, lack of vigilance, or incompetence."
It further emphasized, "Formalism is absolutely forbidden in disaster prevention work," adding, "Officials must clearly keep in mind that formalistic and perfunctory work attitudes in disaster prevention stem from a lack of a sense of ownership toward their assigned duties, and they must ensure that such phenomena never occur."
The newspaper also introduced disaster prevention efforts carried out across the country, adding that even in river sections where maintenance work has been completed, officials must "personally visit the sites to recheck the water flow capacity and the sturdiness of the embankments" to ensure there are no gaps in flood damage prevention.
In a separate article, the newspaper reported on a forecast from the State Hydro-Meteorological Administration, which predicts that rain will fall across all regions from July 5 to 7, continuing until July 10, due to the influence of the monsoon front and low-pressure troughs, with heavy rain expected in some areas.
It also reported the development of the 9th typhoon (Bavi), adding that the country could be directly or indirectly affected between July 12 and 13, depending on its path.
In an article yesterday (July 3), the Rodong Sinmun also emphasized that disaster prevention policy is an important political task that goes beyond mere economic and practical work, encouraging all officials to "stay on maximum alert, anticipate all possible situations, and strengthen damage prevention measures and crisis response capabilities a hundredfold."
(Photo: Screen capture from Korean Central Television, Yonhap News)
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