North Korea has not published photos of the accident site, but its newspaper on Sunday showed an official bowing to gathered masses, with emergency vehicles parked close by. The 23-story apartment complex had not been completed, the anonymous official told Yonhap, but it’s not unusual for people to move into apartments in North Korea while they are still under construction.
The North said an “intensive” rescue campaign was launched after the accident. That operation ended Saturday, the North said.
Kim “instructed leading officials of the party, state and the army to rush to the scene, putting aside all other affairs, and command the rescue operation to recover from the damage as early as possible,” the North’s account said.
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