date:May 20, 2019
North Korea says its suffering its worst drought in nearly 40 years. The country is also experiencing severe food shortages. According to the official Korean Central News Agency, an average of 54.4 mm of rain fell throughout the country in the first five months of this year.
The alarm being raised over this drought comes after UN food agencies said in a joint report this month, that about 10 million people in North Korea were in urgent need of food assistance after the country experienced one o