North Koreans told to protect portraits of Kim Jong Un as storm looms

Visiting flooded farmlands in Anbyon County in the east of the country, Kim said the region suffered more damage than other areas "entirely due to extremely chronic and irresponsible work attitude" of local officials, the Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) reported. "The officials of the region were insensitive to the state measures and took no measure and, as a result, the region suffered much damage than other regions," the report cited Kim as saying.