Twin typhoons are renewing fears of a humanitarian crisis in North Korea, where poor drainage, widespread deforestation and crumbling infrastructure can turn even a routine rainstorm into a catastrophic flood.

North Korea needs immediate food assistance after heavy rains killed scores of people and submerged swathes of farmland, the United Nations said.

North Korea needs immediate food assistance after heavy rains killed scores of people and submerged vast swaths of farmland.

Millions of North Korean children are not getting the food, medicine or healthcare they need to develop physically or mentally, leaving many stunted and malnourished, the United Nations said today.