SEOUL: North Korean leader Kim Jong Un berated officials for their “careless” construction of a flagship hospital in Pyongyang and ordered those responsible to be sacked, state media reported on Monday. But after being briefed on the progress during a visit to the construction site, Kim “pointed out serious problems,” the official KCNA news agency reported. The commission in charge had organized the finances “in a careless manner with no budget for the construction properly set up,” Kim was quoted as saying. The project had been initiated for the “good of the people” but was “burdening” them with demands for “assistance,” Kim said. No details were provided, but Kim ordered the ruling party’s Central Committee to investigate and “replace all the officials responsible.”The report did not give the exact date of Kim’s visit.

Source: Manila Times July 20, 2020 17:38 UTC