Sierra Leone + 1 more
The second batch of Korean aid workers who treated patients infected with the deadly Ebola virus in Sierra Leone have safely returned to Korea after four weeks of humanitarian work. The second team,...
Cameroon + 1 more
A system of mechanized rice farming has been put in place recently in Cameroon with assistance from the Korean government. During the opening ceremony for the farm in the Central African nation on...
oPt + 1 more
Korea will provide an additional USD 2 million in assistance to help rebuild the Gaza Strip, Palestine, following military conflicts between Hamas, a Palestinian Islamic organization, and Israel...
Haiti + 1 more
Korea’s fourth peacekeeping contingent is winning recognition overseas for their efforts to help with reconstruction of quake-ravaged Haiti. Dispatched in Haiti late last month as UN peacekeeping...
Afghanistan + 1 more
The Korean government has decided to spend 500 million dollars US over the next five years to help with the reconstruction and stabilization of Afghanistan. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade...
The South Korean government approved a humanitarian group's visit to North Korea for the first time since May, when Seoul banned all exchanges with Pyongyang due to the sinking of a South Korean...
Korea joined the club of donor nations in the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) on Wednesday, Nov. 25 (Paris time). A special OECD conference in Paris approved of Korea's...
By Han Aran Korea.net Staff Writer The government has announced a package of measures to help global reconstruction efforts in Afghanistan. The announcement was made Wednesday (May 6) after the...
Source: Ministry of National Defense The nation's Joint Chiefs of Staff (JCS) said Thursday (July 17) that Korea would mark the first anniversary of its deployment of troops to Lebanon, where some...
Source: Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade The Foreign Ministry said Monday (June 30) that Korea opened a hospital in Afghanistan to care for local residents as part of its civilian-led efforts to...
Source: Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade Foreign Ministry spokesman Moon Tae-young said Thursday (June 26) that Korea will provide $300,000 in cash to the Philippines to help it recover from...
The Korean military unit in Iraq has provided free medical service to over 80,000 patients as of this week, a feat achieved just 42 months since the unit was deployed there in 2004, the office of the...
South Korea will provide North Korea with $1.18 million worth of supplies this year to help prevent malaria, an infectious disease commonly associated with poverty, the Unification Ministry said...
South and North Korean officials began conducting a joint on-site survey of a hospital and other medical facilities in North Korea Tuesday (Feb. 19) to promote medical cooperation, officials in Seoul...
Soldiers from the Dongui (medical) and Dasan (engineering) units, return home early Friday (Dec. 14). Soldiers from those units have been assisting with reconstruction efforts in Afghanistan for the...
With Korea's largest oil spill spreading in waves to the south of the already affected areas on the west coast, the government was on alert Thursday (Dec. 13) to contain the spread, officials said. ...
The South and North Korean prime ministers will meet for three days to discuss follow-up measures to implement the joint agreement reached at the summit of the two Koreas in early October. During the...
The two Koreas agreed on a joint pig farming project that can fuel cross-border agricultural exchange, the government said on Monday (Nov.5).The Unification Ministry said that the deal was reached at...
South Korea Monday (Sept. 10) sent the first batch of its emergency aid to North Korea to help the communist country cope with the damage from flash floods, officials said. "We sent 30 5-ton trucks...
South Korea is to endorse the sending of 49.3 billion won ($48 million) worth of emergency aid to North Korea, at a state-run committee meeting on Tuesday, the Unification Ministry said Monday (Sept...