North Korea ‘executes 30 officers’ for failing to cease individuals dying in floods

North Korea reportedly executed around 20 to 30 North Korean officials in August for failing to prevent up to 4,000 possible deaths in recent flooding and landslides in Chagang Province.

According to Chosun TV, a North Korean officials said that “those who caused unacceptable casualties will be strictly punished.”

They added: “It has been determined that 20 to 30 cadres in the flood-stricken area were executed at the same time late last month. Circumstances involving the dismissed Chagang Province Party Secretary Kang Bong-hoon have been captured and are being confirmed.”

Kang Bong-hoon is also a former deputy director of the Munitions Industry Department and accompanied Kim Jong-un on his on-site guidance.

The northwestern province the country was recently hit by devastating floods that left thousands of residents homeless and many dead and injured, with South Korea media claiming the floods death toll could be more than 1,000.

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