• UN: North Korea flood victims need immediate food aid

BANGKOK, Thailand - Thousands of people in North Korea require immediate and continued humanitarian food aid after devastating floods last month, the UN World Food Program said Friday.

The agency said villagers and farmers "suffered extensive losses of food stocks, livestock, and private kitchen gardens" — all critical for winter.

The heaviest downpours in 40 years and subsequent floods swept across North Korea last month, leaving at least 600 people dead or missing and about 100,000 people homeless, North Korea has said.