No Special Distribution for the New Years Festive Season There is no special food distribution to celebrate the new year in the beginning of the year 2007, except for the city of Pyongyang. An...
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Still too early to resume suspended aid to North Korea: Unification Minister
Unification Minister Lee Jae-joung said on Thursday (Dec. 28) North Korea should make more progress in the nuclear disarmament talks before South Korea can resume its aid shipments to Pyongyang. ...
UN agencies warn of impending North Korea food crisis
By Stephanie Nebehay GENEVA, Dec 22 (Reuters) - United Nations aid agencies warned on Friday of an impending food crisis in North Korea where summer flooding destroyed crops and worsened a chronic...
Worsening food shortages in DPR Korea spark warning from UN agencies
United Nations humanitarian agencies today expressed concern about worsening food shortages in the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK), where so many millions of people are already...
General Assembly criticizes human rights abuses in DPR Korea, Belarus, Iran
Acting on reports of torture in the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK), harassment of journalists and failure to hold free elections in Belarus, and intimidation of human rights workers and...
Special rapporteur on human rights in Democratoc People's Republic of Korea ends visit to Republic of Korea
The Special Rapporteur on Human Rights in Democratic People's Republic of Korea issued the following statement on 18 December in Seoul: "The United Nations (UN) Special Rapporteur on the Situation of...
East Asia (focus on DPRK): 2007 Outlook Appeal No. MAA54001 Programme Update no. 3
This report is an integral part of the East Asia Regional Appeal 2006-2007 The Federation's vision is to strive, through voluntary action, for a world of empowered communities, better able to address...
DPRK: Train explosion in Ryongchon County Final Report
The Federation's mission is to improve the lives of vulnerable people by mobilizing the power of humanity. It is the world's largest humanitarian organization and its millions of volunteers are...
Recommendation to create a special State Department office for North Korean refugees
Office of the Spokesman Washington, DC December 8, 2006 Question Taken at December 7, 2006, Daily Press Briefing Question: Have we seen a report that recommends a State Department special office to...
UNICEF Humanitarian Action: DPR Korea Donor Update 08 Dec 2006
UNICEF strongly advocates that the rights to survival and development of Korean children should not be negatively impacted as a result of UN sanctions and calls on donors to continue supporting...
Gov't plans to give more aid to N.Korea next year
The government is to spend more on financial support for North Korea next year than this year despite the North's missile tests in July and nuclear test in October. The Unification Ministry's plan...
South Korea's aid to North Korea reaches new record
South Korea gave North Korea a record amount of aid in the first 10 months of the year but most of it had been shipped before tension spiked over the communist country's missile and nuclear tests, a...
Corée du Nord : Réhabilitation des blocs opératoires des hôpitaux d'Haeju et de Sariwon
Par manque de moyens, les hôpitaux nord-coréens sont dans un état avancé de dégradation et de vétusté. Les hôpitaux situés en province sont plus vétustes que ceux de Pyongyang, la capitale du pays. ...
Humanitarian aid in favour of vulnerable groups in DPRK
Location of operation: DEMOCRATIC PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF KOREA Amount of Decision: EUR 8,000,000 Decision reference number: ECHO/PRK/BUD/2006/01000 Explanatory Memorandum 1 - Rationale, needs and...
North Korea: Human rights concerns
In light of increased attention on North Korea (Democratic People's Republic of Korea, or DPRK) following its nuclear test on 9 October, this is a summary of Amnesty International's concerns in the...
Singapore Declaration aims to scale up Red Cross and Red Crescent action in Asia and the Pacific
More must be done to strengthen regional alliances and cooperation in Asia and the Pacific if significant steps are to be taken towards protecting and improving the lives of vulnerable people,...
Rural villages in DPRK benefit from community-based assistance
by Helena Laatio of the International Federation in Pyongan Province, DPRK Ensuring household access to clean water and sanitation facilities, improving access to health care, and promoting first aid...
Seoul to back N.Korea rights resolution at UN
Seoul has for the first time decided to support a UN resolution on North Korea's human rights abuses when it comes up for the vote in the UN General Assembly. The government has been absent or...
Third committee approves draft resolution urging full respect for all human rights by DPR Korea
GA/SHC/3874 Sixty-first General Assembly Third Committee 48th Meeting (AM) Texts Also Approved on Defamation of Religions, UNHCR Executive Committee, Convention on Racial Discrimination, Torture,...
Sanctions no bar to North Korea's private aid flows
By Jon Herskovitz SEOUL, Nov 14 (Reuters) - North Korea may be facing U.N. sanctions for the nuclear test it conducted last month, but goats and milk cows are still coming across the border. Private...