North Korean leader Kim Jong Un visited a western coastal area hit by a typhoon and expressed relief the damage wasn’t worse, state media said Friday. The North’s official Rodong Sinmun newspaper published photos of Kim examining rice paddies and corn and bean crops in South Hwanghae province, where Typhoon Bavi made landfall early Thursday. In South Korea, the typhoon caused scattered damage to homes and other buildings, grounded hundreds of domestic flights and knocked out power for several hours, but no casualties were reported.
