This is the hilarious moment Kim Jong Un was forced to duck as he nearly crashed into a tree while he headed out on a boat to survey the flooded areas in North Korea.
Footage shows the dictator on a speedboat as he ventured through submerged farmland, after record-breaking rain left thousands of people stranded by floods in North Korea over the weekend.
In the video, the boat appears to pick up speed and drives towards a tree, forcing the North Korean leader to duck.
The clip then shows him quickly straightening his hair as the boat continues to navigate through the floods.
This comes after farmland and homes were flooded after heavy rain hit Sinuiju city and Uiju county, which border China, according to the Rodong Sinmun.
Videoclip shows the hilarious moment Kim Jong Un was forced to duck as he nearly crashed into a tree while he headed out on a boat to survey the flooded areas in North Korea
In the video, the boat appears to pick up speed and drives towards a tree, forcing the North Korean leader to duck
The North Korean leader was also seen surveying the flood-hit areas on the country’s border with China in a luxury car over the weekend.
Images showed the extent of flooding as fields were seen submerged in muddy water.
Around 5,000 people were rescued on Saturday due to the floods, according to state-run Korean Central News Agency.
North Korea is prone to flooding from heavy summer rains because of poor drainage, deforestation and dilapidated infrastructure.
KCNA also said that about 4,100 houses, 3,000 hectares (about 7,410 acres) of agricultural fields and numerous public buildings, roads and railways in Sinuiju and Uiju were flooded.
The clip then shows him quickly straightening his hair as the boat continues to navigate through the floods
North Korea’s leader Kim Jong Un (L) rides in a dingey through flood waters as he inspects the area for damage after record-breaking heavy rains on July 29 in the city of Sinuiju in North Pyongan Province
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un and Premier Kim Tok Hun visit a flood-affected area near the border with China, in North Pyongan Province, North Korea
Kim Jong Un looking out from a car as he inspects the area for flood damage after record-breaking heavy rains in the city of Sinuiju
It said about 150 people in nearby Jagang province had also been isolated due to a separate river flooding there, but they were all evacuated to safety by military helicopters.
In an emergency Politiburo meeting presided in Sinuiju, leader Kim Jong Un asked authorities to ‘strictly punish’ those who he said neglected their responsibilities for disaster prevention and caused ‘even the casualty that can not be allowed,’ according to KCNA.
KCNA said Politburo members later approved the appointments of new Workers’ Party secretaries in the flood-hit regions and a new public security minister.
In the Politiburo meeting, officials decided to build 4,400 new houses and strengthen embankments in Sinuiju and Uiju and restore damaged facilities in Jagang province, KCNA said.
Kim ordered urgent steps to supply flood victims with materials stockpiled for disaster relief and asked Politburo members to visit displaced people living in tents to console them and observe their living conditions, KCNA said.
State TV aired footage showing Kim and other officials riding on rubber boats to examine the scales of damages in the flood-ravaged areas. The footage showed many houses submerged in muddy waters, only their roofs visible.
