Episode 815: North Korea's Hidden Flood Disaster

While the world has heard about flooding in Nepal and southern Tibet, a separate and possibly more devastating flood hit North Korea at the beginning of this month, destroying roads, bridges, railways, and thousands of homes. Eugene explains the two reasons this disaster has stayed hidden from the outside world: North Korea's track record of executing officials blamed for past disasters, and the fact that these floods struck near a sensitive naval base in Chongjin — the same base where a North Korean warship launch famously capsized in 2025.