North Korea is continuing to release reports about the ongoing drought in the country and the resulting damage to crops.<br />In an interview with the regime's state-run Korean Central Television on Sunday, the vice director of the North's agriculture institute said crops are being damaged nationwide due to the lack of rain.<br />He called on people to secure as much water as possible and finish planting rice paddies as soon as possible.<br />He stressed how workers should adopt scientific farming methods to minimize the impact of the drought.<br />
