This study purpose is to quantify drought duration and magnitude and to analyze drought characteristics in North Korea. Drought indices including Dry-day Index, Percent of Normal Precipitation, Deciles of Normal Precipitation, Phillips drought index, Standardized Precipitation Index, and Palmer Drought Severity Index are calculated and compared monthly using the weather data for the twenty one meteorological stations in North Korea. The indices compared with the drought damage records that have reported from 1990 to present to understand how the indices can explain the drought. A comparative study was also conducted to evaluate the relative severity of the significant droughts occurred during 2000 and 2001 which were reported as the worst drought. Drought indices calculated from this study demostrated that those can be the effective tools in quantitatively evaluating drought severity and measures of drought in North Korea.