Thousands rescued from flooding in North Korea – state media

Kim Jong Un scolded officials (Korean Central News Agency/Korea News Service via AP)

More than 5,000 people isolated by flooding in north-west North Korea have been rescued in airlifts and other evacuation work supervised by leader Kim Jong Un, state media has reported.

Heavy rainfall on Saturday had caused a river on the North Korean-Chinese border to exceed a dangerous level and created “a grave crisis”, the official Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) said.