Also, there is another article I read here saying China and Russia are desperate to try and get sanctions lifted from North Korea so the people can survive.
I'm guessing China can no longer provide them with food, given that they can no longer even feed themselves.
If China and Russia fail (and since the vote is going to the security council, they'll have to get the US to agree to it), then it looks like North Korea's situation is indeed as dire as you say.