It is building reservoirs on high-mountain lake areas to ensure water supplies for the locals and this activity is likely to continue until well into 2013.

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Minc said he wants to stop construction of homes in high-risk areas, such as river banks or steep mountain slopes -- a practice that he said was encouraged by previous governments.

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The Mount Kuwol Biosphere Reserve, situated on the west coast of the Democratic People s Republic of Korea and 100 kilometres south-east of Pyongyang, consists of a 954 meter-high mountain, adjacent coastal wetlands, lagoons and river estuaries, and agricultural areas.

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