Seoul/Kabul - The United Nations World Food Program (WFP) Korea office announced that the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Korea recently donated $4 million to WFP Afghanistan...
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Seoul/Kabul - The United Nations World Food Program (WFP) Korea office announced that the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Korea recently donated $4 million to WFP Afghanistan...
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MAPUTO – The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) has today welcomed a US$ 4 million contribution from Republic of Korea to boost food security and empower tens of thousands of people whose...
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Introduction The impacts of climate change in the Asia-Pacific region threaten to undo hard-won gains in sustainable development that countries have made in recent decades. Climate change is putting...
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CAIRO – The Korea International Cooperation Agency (KOICA) and the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) in Egypt launched a first-time collaboration to build the resilience of refugees and their...
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These are the results of a 16-country survey conducted for World Vision by Ipsos. Ipsos interviewed an international sample of 14,131 adults aged 18 and over in Australia, Brazil, Canada, Chad, the...
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Overview In East Africa, there is concern in parts of the north due to dry conditions. In the south, above-average precipitation is forecast for the Short Rains and is expected to benefit crop...
FOOD SECURITY SNAPSHOT Below‑average paddy output forecast in 2023 Cereal import requirements in 2023/24 marketing year forecast at above‑average level Slightly below‑average paddy output forecast in...
Geneva/Beijing/Seoul, 18 September 2023 - The International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC), the Republic of Korea National Red Cross (KNRC), and the Ministry of Foreign...
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Overview: In East Africa, conditions are mixed for main season cereals in the north due to dryness, socio-economic challenges, and conflict, and belowaverage yields are expected in parts of South...
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EAST JERUSALEM, The Republic of Korea announced US$ 2 million to the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA). US$ 1 million will support the Agency’s...
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Climate change impacts increase in Asia Bangkok, Thailand 27 July 2023 (WMO) – Extreme weather and climate change impacts are increasing in Asia, which ricocheted between droughts and floods in 2022,...
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A disaster emergency is underway in Asia and the Pacific as risks outpace resilience, warns new UN study The Asia-Pacific region has a narrow window to increase its resilience and protect its...
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ROME / SEOUL – The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) thanks the Republic of Korea (ROK) for their recent announcement on the doubling of their annual contribution of rice to the programme...
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ADB Forecasts 4.8% Growth for Asia and Pacific in 2023 and 2024 MANILA, PHILIPPINES (4 April 2023) — The Asian Development Bank (ADB) forecasts faster growth for developing economies in Asia and the...
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Global Crises Further Threaten Progress on SDGs: ADB–UN Report MANILA, PHILIPPINES (27 March 2023) — The convergence of multiple global crises is further jeopardizing Asia and the Pacific’s ability...
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OPERATION OVERVIEW While the number of people for whom UNHCR has been entrusted with a responsability by the international community to protect and assist in Burundi continues to increase, the UN...
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VIENTIANE – The Ambassador of the Republic of Korea Mr. Yung Soo Jung today handed over a rice donation to Lao PDR’s Minister of Labour and Social Welfare, Madame Baykham Khatthiya, at the Ministry’s...
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UN Human Rights report urges re-think of temporary labour migration programmes GENEVA (16 December 2022) - States must do more to uphold the human rights of migrant workers, the UN Human Rights...
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Manila, 7 December 2022 – From 2018 to 2022, the Republic of Korea through the Korea International Cooperation Agency (KOICA) and UNICEF implemented the partnership programme “Integrated Nutrition...
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1. The Korean government has decided to join the “Grain from Ukraine” initiative under which Ukrainian grain will be provided to countries with acute food insecurity. - The “Grain from Ukraine”...