How Extreme Flooding in the DPRK Affects Daily Life
The North Korean people have faced truly extreme humanitarian challenges in 2020. Before this summer, the DPRK was dealing with…
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North Korea’s Disaster Management: Getting Better, but a Long Way to Go
By all accounts, this year’s flooding and typhoon damage in North Korea have been worse than usual.[1] Yet, there are…
Worst Drought Ever – A Cautionary Note
On June 16, KCNA announced that North Korea was experiencing the “worst drought in 100 years,”[1] and the story was…
Why North Korea’s Supposed Agricultural Reforms May Not Actually Be Working After All
Outsiders are still struggling to decode what is really happening with the economic reforms that have supposedly been underway in…