Images from the area show massive cracks separating roads.

4 million tons of grains last year.North Korea is known for chronic food shortages and the paucity appears to have been aggravated by typhoons and resulting flooding last summer that wrought havoc on the countrys key farming areas.

North Korea is expected to face a food shortage of about 1.a state-run think tank said June 3.last years estimated production marked a shortage of 1.

35 million tons this year affected by last summers typhoons.AFP-YonhapNorth Korea is expected to face a food shortage of about 1.

According to a report by the Korea Development Institute.

adding that it is necessary for Pyongyang to resume food trade with or ask for food assistance from China to make up for the shortfalls.North Korea has claimed to be coronavirus-free but has implemented tight border controls and taken other antivirus measures to ward off an outbreak in the country since early last year.

He attributed restrictions on the ability to submit sufficient evidence amid the new coronavirus pandemic to the loss and said that he will consider appealing the ruling after legal consultations.said the lawsuit was to undo the damage done to the North Korean company 12 years ago

at the Aratani Theatre in Little Tokyo.in which she reprised her Karate Kid role.