North Korean state television on Monday night shows heavy rain in Kaesong and other DPRK border regions | Image: KCTV (Aug. 8, 2022)
North Korea opened dam floodgates along the Imjin River near the inter-Korean border this week, according to Seoul’s unification ministry, raising the risk of further inundation in the South as monsoon rains lash the peninsula.
“North Korea appears to continue opening and closing the floodgates at Hwanggang Dam following heavy rain,” a ministry official told NK News on Tuesday, referring to the DPRK dam about 17 miles (27 km) from the Demilitarized Zone (DMZ). “There was no notice from North Korea to the South regarding releasing water from that dam.”
North Korea opened dam floodgates along the Imjin River near the inter-Korean border this week, according to Seoul’s unification ministry, raising the risk of further inundation in the South as monsoon rains lash the peninsula.
“North Korea appears to continue opening and closing the floodgates at Hwanggang Dam following heavy rain,” a ministry official told NK News on Tuesday, referring to the DPRK dam about 17 miles (27 km) from the Demilitarized Zone (DMZ). “There was no notice from North Korea to the South regarding releasing water from that dam.”
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Jeongmin Kim is the Lead Correspondent at NK News and Editorial Director at KOREA PRO, based in Seoul. Kim covers inter-Korean relations and North and South Korean foreign and military affairs. Kim has covered the 2022 ROK presidential election on the ground, and prior to joining NK News, she worked for the CSIS Korea Chair in Washington D.C. and Reuters news agency’s Seoul bureau.