SEOUL: North Korea has cut short summer military drills to mobilise troops for flood relief efforts after torrential rains left dozens killed and ravaged farmlands nationwide, a South Korean report said on Sunday.

The North’s military ordered troops based in the country’s west and southeast regions to hold “minimum” summer exercises and to instead focus on post-floods reconstruction, Yonhap news agency said.

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