SEOUL: Leader Kim Jong Un visited parts of southern North Korea, where days of torrential rains have flooded hundreds of houses and vast areas of agricultural land, state media reported on Friday.

It is rare for Kim to visit a flood-stricken site. The last time state media reported such a visit was in September 2015, when he inspected recovery work at a flood-hit northeastern city, according to Seoul’s Unification Ministry.

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