"We Are Friends." It was with this motto that the soldiers of Korea's Zaytun Division set foot in the war-torn regions of northern Iraq in September 2004. In keeping with their peace-keeping name -...
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DPR Korea: WFP warns of 'humanitarian disaster' in North
North Korea's food shortage has drastically worsened in recent months due to insufficient international aid, with the country's northeastern region facing "a humanitarian emergency" unless aid is...
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Horn of a dilemma
The Somali Peninsula, better known as The Horn of Africa, is the easternmost tip of the African continent. The region contains the countries of Eritrea, Djibouti, Ethiopia and Somalia, covering...
Rep. of Korea: Torrential rain leaves 7 dead and 5 missing
Emergency teams start mop-up job as flooding gives way to heat wave Seven people were killed and five are thought to be missing after heavy rains hit the Korean Peninsula last week. The hardest-hit...
Aid groups say North is heading for major famine
North Korea's food crisis is more severe than previously estimated due to last year's poor harvest, Good Friends, a human rights group focused on North Korea, said yesterday. The group said the...
North Korea in talks to stem food shortfall
The World Food Program said it will send a team to Pyongyang next week to discuss plans to continue its relief work in the famine-threatened country. The North's state-run media has issued a series...
Rep. of Korea: Fishing OK, but Taean's beaches still are polluted
More than 1 million volunteers have scrubbed rocks in the Taean area since the country's worst-ever oil spill more than four months ago. The job's not over yet. A government ministry announced...
DPR Korea: Over 6,000 in North given vaccinations
More than 6,000 children in North Korea have been vaccinated against Japanese encephalitis and bacterial meningitis, the International Vaccine Institute said yesterday. The Seoul-based organization...
Rep. of Korea: Victims of oil spill to get money today
TAEAN, South Chungcheong - Following the suicides of three residents and widespread protests on Friday by people waiting for aid, the South Chungcheong Provincial Government agreed to distribute 55.8...