 Nyorai mberi kweiyi ndima - 2004 yakaona njanji yakaipisisa inozivikanwa njanjimuNorth Korea apo kuputika pachiteshi muRyongchŏn kwakaparadza zvivako munzvimbo huru yakapoteredza chiteshi cheguta racho, kuchiuraya vanhu 54 nokukuvadza vanhu 1 245 mukuputika kwacho uye moto wakatevera, maererano nemishumo yepamutemo yevanhu vakafa. Nzvimbo yakakura yakashumwa kuti yakabatwa, nemamwe matongo emhepo anonzi akawira pamuganhu muChina; Red Cross yakashuma kuti dzimba nezvivako 1.850 zvakaparadzwa uye zvimwe 6.350 zvakakanganiswa. Kugadziriswa kwekutanga kwechiteshi kwakapedzwa mukati mevhiki, uye DPRK-China sevhisi yepasi rose yechitima yakadzorerwa musi wa 28 Kubvumbi. 