The country's state-run news has said much of the country has been hit by an unusually severe drought. The largely isolated country, with a population of over 26 million, was already facing food shortages.
North Korea is rushing to shield its crops from a "severe" drought that has hit the country, its state news agency reported on Thursday.
The largely isolated country, with its lack of strong infrastructure, is particularly susceptible to the impacts of natural disasters.
North Koreans have long struggled with food insecurity due to extreme weather, worsened by sanctions, border closures, and limited farm inputs.
"An unusual drought has recently persisted across much of the country, a phenomenon rarely seen in previous years," Pyongyang's official Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) said.
