North Korea mobilizes students to collect stones daily for flood prevention walls

North Korea mobilizes students to collect stones daily for flood prevention walls

This article was originally published by Radio Free Asia and is reprinted with permission. North Korea is mobilizing students in the northern border province of Ryanggang to gather rocks daily to help build flood walls as the region braces for seasonal monsoon rains, following devastating floods last year, sources told Radio Free Asia. Last July, large areas along the Amnok, or Yalu, River near North Korea’s border with China suffered extensive …