HANDLE ON THE SITUATION This photo taken on Monday, June 27, 2022 and released by the state-run Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) on June 28 shows North Korean leader Kim Jong Un attending an enlarged meeting of the Secretariat of the Central Committee of the Workers’ Party of Korea at the panel’s office building in Pyongyang. KCNA/KOREA NEWS SERVICE PHOTO VIA AFP
SEOUL: North Koreans were working to protect crops and equipment from potential damage after days of heavy rainfall, state media said, as outside observers worry that any flooding could aggravate the East Asian country's economic hardships amid its Covid-19 outbreak.