Floods kill 60, displace 44,000 in North Korea: UN
Pyongyang said the Tumen river, which partially marks the border with China and Russia, experienced the biggest flood ever.
Sep 06, 2016, 15:19 PM IST
North Korea hit hard by floods: State media
North Korea is known for being vulnerable to natural disasters, especially floods.
China village defenceless against North Korean intruders
A three-metre barbed wire fence and the winding Tumen River are all that separate Nanping in China from North Korea, and after a spate of murders - allegedly by frontier-crossing intruders - frightened villagers are increasingly keen to leave, fearing neither the water nor the barrier are enough to protect them.
Sep 28, 2015, 09:39 AM IST
