North Korean leader Kim Jong-un has visited the city of Rason on the North's northeast tip in a bid to encourage efforts to recover from a recent flood, Pyongyang's media said Friday.
  
The North's leader went to Rason, on the border with China and Russia, just weeks after encouraging people to spur on recovery efforts before the North's key national anniversary in October, the Korean Central News Agency said.
  
It did not specify the date of Kim's visit.
  
Typhoon Goni soaked the northern part of North Korea, particularly hitting Rason where a special economic zone is located. The flood is known to have left at least 40 people dead and about 1,420 families homeless.
  
Kim said he visited the city, "as he could hardly fall asleep, thinking of the citizens left without shelter due to flood damage," the KCNA said. The leader said that he could "feel relieved only after looking around at the scenes of the recovery drive."
  
In late August, Kim ordered the completion of flood recovery works in Rason before the 70th anniversary of the founding of the ruling Workers' Party of Korea (WPK) on Oct. 10.
  
The KCNA said that concerted efforts by the people have led to a boost in projects to repair inundated houses for thousands of families and the temporary rehabilitation of power, telecommunications and railway networks.
  
His entourage included Hwang Pyong-so, director of the general political department of the Korean People's Army, and Ri Il-hwan, department director of the WPK Central Committee. (Yonhap)