"The Obama administration running around and talking about meaningless sanctions until today is highly laughable.
"We will continue to strengthen our nuclear power in quality and quantity to protect our dignity and the right to live as well as to ensure genuine peace from the increasing threat of a nuclear war by the United States."
This was the statement released by North Korea after numerous countries condemned their latest nuclear testing this past Friday. However, those who holds power in the country are changing their tones fast when a torrent of rain resulted in flash flooding that displaced more than 10,000 of its citizens, destroyed their crops, and toppled numerous houses.
"It's not unheard of, but it's rare for the North Korean government to make an open and public call for assistance," Bradley Williams, an international relations professor at City University of Hong Kong, told CNN.
The call was also made in English hinting that the flooding is raising fears even to those in the higher echelon.
Numbers are coming in that the fatality caused by the devastating natural disaster is now over 133 and rising, with 400 still missing.
"The floods came through with such force, they destroyed everything in their path," said Chris Staines, delegation leader of Red Cross in North Korea. He added that there was "barely a building left unscathed."
The downpour is reported to be the worst the country ever experienced since 1945.
With disasters of this scale, North Korea will likely face another calamity particularly in the health of its people and the resources needed to recover from such ordeal. The country has been known to heavily rely on foreign aid to feed its population, and with the handful of crops they have grown washed away it's unsurprising that powers in the region are pleading for help.
According to Williams, the area that's been ravaged are particularly poor, with prison camps and hostile forces who are resisting the regime. The university professor also suggested that rather than expressing concern for their people, the Worker's Party of Korea (WPK) is worrying that the suffering brought by the torrential rain might spark an uprising from its citizen.
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