“Meanwhile, Kim Jong-un has fired a number of missiles while the people were mobilised and physically suffered to water the crops,” he said, referring to at least five confirmed missile tests by the regime between May 13 and June 23.
“The people are resentful of his actions and have expressed their frustrations by saying, ‘If there is money to fire missiles, it could have been used to combat more than ten droughts’.”
Last week the Rodong Sinmun, the North’s biggest newspaper and regime mouthpiece, reported that the country had been struck by an “abysmal” drought.
It claimed that the authorities were involved in “prevention battles” and had dispatched 1,300 sprinkers and about 2,100 portable water pumps.
Pictures published by NK News showed at least three major reservoirs in South Hwanghae Province and next to Pyongyang airport in the capital had completely dried up.
Source:telegraph.co.uk