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North Korea's Fragility in the Face of the Rainy Season

Categories: East Asia, North Korea, Disaster, Environment, Governance, Labor, Refugees

Open Radio for North Korea, a Seoul-based radio station founded and runs by North Korean defectors, reported [1] that North Korean citizens have been mobilized to bolster constructions as rainy season begins. Poorly constructed embankments and dams often flooded during heavy downpour.