North Korea is engaging in “prevention battles” against what is being referred to as an “abysmal drought”, the Friday edition of the Korean Workers’ Party organ the Rodong Sinmun said.

“The whole of the party, the whole of the country, and the whole of people: unite to engage in the drought prevention battles,” said the title of the editorial, which appeared on the front page of the newspaper.

Extensive coverage is devoted prevention efforts throughout the Friday edition of the DPRK’s most widely read newspaper, with one article saying the country is in “desperate need” of overcoming the damage caused