549 people killed, 295 missing and 3,043 injured (Choson Shinbo)[3]
54,700 killed or missing (South Korean aid group Good Friends)[4]
Overview
A statement by the official Korean Central News Agency on August 3 described the events as "claiming huge human and material losses." Chosŏn Shinbo, a newspaper published by a pro-North Korean association linked to the North, said in early August that the floods killed at least 549 people, left 295 others missing, and left 60,000 homeless.
The South Korean aid group Good Friends estimates that the flooding left 58,000 people dead or missing and that some 1.5 million people may have been made homeless and in a rare move North Korea asked for aid from South Korea. South Korea pledged $20 million to North Korea to help with the flooding.[5] There has been no statement from the North Korean government on whether the reports from the South Korean aid group are true.
North Korea cancelled its gymnastics show Arirang Festival in order to recover from the flooding. [1]
Both the United Nations and the South Korean Red Cross offered food aid to the affected regions, though according to a report by Associated Press, Pyŏngyang turned these offers down.