N. Korea lets in aid after floods

Reclusive North Korea is opening up to widespread international aid after devastating floods, and the main United Nations food agency said it would start distributing emergency food to thousands of victims.

Letting in aid under the World Food Programme indicates the severity of the floods – and the secretive regime’s desperation.

UN food distribution is strictly monitored to ensure those in need are being fed.

The tightly-controlled Communist North had scaled back the outside assistance it allowed, claiming its food crisis was over.

But this year’s floods, spawned by the heaviest rain in four decades, appear to have devastated the country.