North Korea is surveying the carnage Typhoon Maysak left in its wake.<br />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.<br />Kim Dami reports.<br />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.<br />Tuesday's gathering was arranged to discuss the severe damage to the Komdok area of Hamgyeongnam-do Province.<br />It was the worst hit area in the regime and home to many large mines.<br />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.<br />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.<br />Kim added that the regime has to change the direction of their struggle, scrapping year-end tasks that had been underway.<br />The U-turn comes just five months after Kim revised the previous plan in April due to the COVID-19 pandemic.<br />Putting aside his original plans, such as building a hospital in Pyeongyang by October, Kim is expected to focus on typhoon recovery projects.<br />The regime's state media reported that Typhoon Maysak flooded more than two-thousand homes and caused almost 60 bridges to collapse.<br />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.<br />Kim Dami, Arirang News.<br />
