Chinese Embassy in Pyongyang Publishes Flood Damage Site in Pyeongannam-do on Website

The Chinese Embassy in North Korea released a video showing flooding damage caused by heavy rain, including farmland inundated in the inland areas of South Pyongan Province.

On the afternoon of the 28th, the embassy posted a 1 minute and 32 second video titled "Mourning in the Heavy Rain," stating that Ambassador Wang Yajun and other embassy officials paid tribute on the 25th to the Wonsan Martyrs' Cemetery of the Chinese People's Volunteer Army located in Hoechang County, South Pyongan Province.

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Established in 1955, the Wonsan Martyrs' Cemetery is located about 60 km east of Pyongyang. The embassy explained that 1,160 Chinese soldiers who participated in the Korean War are buried in the 1,765㎡ cemetery.

The video shows embassy officials paying respects at the martyrs' cemetery in heavy rain, with Ambassador Wang placing flowers while getting wet without an umbrella. In scenes where the group walks through cornfields near the cemetery, the boundary between the road and the fields was submerged to the point of being indistinguishable.

They walked through muddy water rising from their ankles to knees, and some officials were supported by aides. The video also captured a sports utility vehicle (SUV) belonging to the Chinese Embassy driving on a flooded road.

Flooding was still not under control on the Amnok River, the border area between North Korea and China, on the same day. According to the state-run China Central Television (CCTV), the flow rate of the Amnok River at the Dandong section in Liaoning Province, Northeast China, reached 25,000 cubic meters per second as of that morning, marking the highest level this year. Dandong is a border city facing Sinuiju, North Korea, across the Amnok River.

The Sinuiju area across the Amnok River in North Korea suffered significant damage. According to the Korean Central News Agency, on the 27th, North Korean State Affairs Commission Chairman Kim Jong Un ordered the military to conduct rescue operations after about 5,000 residents of Sinuiju and Uiju were at risk of isolation due to heavy rain, and visited the site on the 28th. The Korean Central News Agency also released images showing floodwaters rising to rooftops in the affected areas and the wheels of the vehicle carrying Chairman Kim fully submerged in water as he inspected the site.

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