North Korea dispatches troops to rebuild after Typhoon Haishen

    Production at Hyundai plant in South halted as storm hits Korean Peninsula

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    North Korean leader Kim Jong Un guides a Workers' Party of Korea meeting to organize the recovery from natural disasters in areas of South and North Hamgyong provinces in this photo released Monday by the North Korean Central News Agency. © EPA/KCNA/Jiji

    KIM JAEWON, Nikkei staff writer

    SEOUL -- After blasting through the southern Japanese islands of Okinawa and Kyushu, Typhoon Haishen lashed the Korean Peninsula with strong winds and rain on Monday, destroying homes in the North and stopping production at the South's largest automaker.

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