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

North Koreans have been told they must prioritise safeguarding portraits of the Kim dynasty as the country braces for heavy rains and strong winds caused by tropical storm Khanun. After battering Japan, the storm made landfall on the Korean Peninsula on Thursday, causing power cuts and flight cancellations in South Korea, before weakening and sweeping into North Korea overnight. The North Korean capital Pyongyang was put on high alert for flood damage - after thousands of people were evacuated following heavy rains in the South.