North Korea is facing severe food shortages after being hit by its worst drought since 2001, a report from the United Nations says.
Crop production in the country has been hampered by a prolonged dry period and food imports are now urgently required to fill the gap, the UN has warned.
The most vulnerable, such as children and the elderly, will be worst hit.
In the 1990s, hundreds of thousands of North Koreans are believed to have died…