North Korea’s Kim urges quick recovery from typhoon damage

SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — North Korean media say leader Kim Jong Un called for urgent efforts to rebuild thousands of homes and other structures destroyed by a typhoon that slammed the country’s east last week. Kim during the Workers’ Party meeting also said the damage from Typhoon Maysak has forced the country to reconsider unspecified year-end projects. The storm has inflicted further pain on an economy already ravaged by sanctions, virus restrictions and summer flooding. Sta