Putin’s Russia offers flood disaster aid to North Korea

A flood-hit area in Sinuiju city, North Phyongan province, North Korea (Korean Central News Agency/Korea News Service/AP)

Russian President Vladimir Putin has offered humanitarian assistance to help North Korea cope with damage from recent floods, in another sign of expanding relations between the two nations.

In a message to North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, Mr Putin “extended deep sympathy and support” and conveyed his willingness to provide immediate disaster aid to help North Korea recover from the floods, the North’s official Korean Central News Agency reported on Sunday.