April 16, 2024
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North Korean media calls on population to mobilize for “battle” against heatwave

Rodong Sinmun describes ongoing high temperatures as "natural disaster"

DPRK state-run media on Thursday urged citizens to focus the country’s entire capabilities into the “battle against high temperature and drought” as both Koreas suffer a record-breaking heatwave.

An editorial on the front page of ruling party organ the Rodong Sinmun said the heatwave and drought damage was “severe."

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