Good morning, afternoon, and evening to all our NK News readers, wherever you may be in the world, and welcome to today’s installment of Ask a North Korean: the feature where you ask our very own North Korean writers your questions about life on the ground in the DPRK.

Today’s question comes from Richard, who asks about what policies North Korea has put in place for its people in the event of a disaster.

North Korean propaganda is constantly reminding its people of the threat from outside, and measures have been put in place to protect the population from these