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Quintana said such restrictions should be eased to protect the country's most vulnerable in the face of a severe food shortage. North Korea warned on Sunday that the United States will face a grave situation if it continues to pursue its 'hostile policy' toward Pyongyang's nuclear program. Pyongyang is under multiple sets of international sanctions over its nuclear and ballistic missile programmes, which have seen rapid progress under Kim. North Koreas communist regime is warning of a nuclear war on the Korean peninsula while vowing to step up its atomic bomb-making program in defiance of new. to live a life of dignity", and the worsening humanitarian situation could "turn into a crisis", Tomas Ojea Quintana, UN special rapporteur on human rights, said in his latest report. Ordinary North Koreans are "struggling on a daily basis. UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) North Korea has warned that it is facing a food shortfall of some 1.4 million tons in 2019 and has been forced to almost halve. The same month, leader Kim Jong Un said the food situation was "getting tense". North Korea warns US of 'very grave situation' after Biden's 'big blunder' in speech to Congress. In June, state-run KCTV admitted North Korea was facing a "food crisis", sounding the alarm in a country with a moribund agricultural sector that has long struggled to feed the population. The impoverished nation has been behind a rigid blockade since early last year to protect itself from the pandemic, with the economy suffering and trade with key partner China dwindling to a trickle. North Korea's most vulnerable are "at risk of starvation" with the economy worsening due to a self-imposed coronavirus blockade, and UN sanctions imposed over the country's nuclear programmes should be eased, a UN human rights expert said. and Japan presented a united front on Tuesday against an increasingly bold China and as North Korea cast a new warning at the Biden. North Korea on Sunday accused the United Nations Security Council of applying a double standard over the country's missile program and warned of 'consequences.