In new report, OCHA says number of North Korean children being treated for severe acute malnutrition jumped by 38 percent in 2014 from 2013
It is expected that this year’s production of potatoes and winter wheat in North Korea will drop by more than 20 percent from 2014
Recent UN report says there has been a lack of potable water in North, country’s hydropower production has dipped due to dry weather over past 18 months
Warning comes day after Pyongyang’s admission the country has been hit by drought conditions severe enough to impact crop yields
World Food Program spokesperson tells VOA existing humanitarian project in reclusive communist country to run for six more months
Sandra Suh accused of engaging in 'plot-breeding and propaganda'
Pyongyang provides no reason for expulsion of two representatives of a German aid group
Agency dismisses Russian media report after government, WHO assurances
It was lone country in Asia with decreased output during 2007-12, researchers report
Citing effects of drought, the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies will bump aid by $1 million, to $6.6 million in 2015
Global health organization says it does not recommend travel bans, doesn’t recommend border closures
World Food Program says North Korea’s food ration for August was only 250 grams per person per day
Event will look at ways to improve cooperation with North Korean Red Cross
Another outbreak of H5N1 bird flu reported at a chicken factory in Pyongyang
World Organization for Animal Health says deadly foot-and-mouth disease has spread to another farm in the North Korean capital Pyongyang
