North Korea Facing Famine Risk: UN

The United Nations has warned that North Korea may be on the verge of another famine as a result of last year's devastating floods in the country along with the worldwide increase in food prices, and a malnourished population.

The Democratic Republic of North Korea is still recovering from a famine in the 1990s that is believed to have killed about a million people and left many children permanently stunted, according to the New York-based Human Rights Watch.