Rice is one of the main crops in North Korea. However, natural disasters such as droughts and
floods affected the food production, especially the growth of rice, in the years 1996, 1997, 2000 and
2007. What’s more, towards the end of the season in late August and early September very intense
rainfall resulted in some serious flooding in several parts of the country [1]. However, the details were
not reported as soon as necessary