Sangwon Yoon south korean journalist reporting on asia and the middle eastskype:sangwon.yoon1
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Posts Tagged ‘poverty’
NKorea suffered serious flood damage last month
North Korea reports serious damage from floods that destroyed homes and roads, hurt economy The Huffington Post | August 5, 2010 SEOUL, South Korea (AP) _ Flooding last month caused serious damage in North Korea, destroying homes, farms, roads and buildings and hurting the economy, state media said Thursday. About 36,700 acres (14,850 hectares) of [...]
SKorea allows aid to be sent to North Korea
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) _ South Korea approved sending humanitarian aid to North Korean children Wednesday despite its punitive measures on the impoverished country for the deadly sinking of a warship. North Korea, which has faced chronic food shortages since flooding and mismanagement destroyed its economy in the mid-1990s, typically falls at least 1 million [...]