North Korea is surveying the carnage Typhoon Maysak left in its wake.
It caused so much damage that the regime's leader called an emergency meeting Tuesday to demand officials speed up restoration work in the hardest-hit areas.
Kim Dami reports.
North Korean leader Kim Jong-un is taking stock of his typhoon-hit regime,... chairing an enlarged meeting of the ruling Workers' Party's Central Military Commission.
Tuesday's gathering was arranged to discuss the severe damage to the Komdok area of Hamgyeongnam-do Province.
It was the worst hit area in the regime and home to many large mines.
According to the North's state media on Wednesday, Kim called for restoration work to start at the earliest possible date to ensure residents are taken care of.
Watchers say Kim wants to portray himself as a caring leader while the North Korean people, including the army, devote themselves to serving the state.
Kim added that the regime has to change the direction of their struggle, scrapping year-end tasks that had been underway.
The U-turn comes just five months after Kim revised the previous plan in April due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Putting aside his original plans, such as building a hospital in Pyeongyang by October, Kim is expected to focus on typhoon recovery projects.
The regime's state media reported that Typhoon Maysak flooded more than two-thousand homes and caused almost 60 bridges to collapse.
For such a major cleanup, Kim ordered the People's Army to complete reconstruction by the ruling party's October 10th anniversary at the latest.
Kim Dami, Arirang News.