The citizens of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK), already enduring many human rights violations, further suffer because of recurrent natural disasters, which have often led to humanitarian crises. Vulnerability to these disasters has increased as the DPRK regime has continually failed to manage post-disaster situations adequately. This paper examines humanitarian crises in the DPRK in the aftermath of recurrent natural disasters such as floods and droughts, which have largely arisen from bad governance. This paper further examines both domestic and international responses to the humanitarian crises arising from the floods and droughts that occurred between 2018 and 2019. This examination explores how the DPRK regime has tended to rely heavily on the aid operations of international humanitarian organizations because it would otherwise lack the capacity to adequately assist disaster-affected citizens. This paper argues that the regime’s current policy has nonetheless been counterproductive in relation to international humanitarian assistance in the region. The DPRK should reconsider its policy by making a considerable effort to improve post-disaster governance and allowing greater access to international humanitarian operations so that more disaster- affected citizens can be saved in future crises.