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Red Cross to give fund to North for typhoon

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DPRK
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JoongAng
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The International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC) said Monday it will be giving 56,000 Swiss francs, or around $56,200 to North Korea as emergency relief in the aftermath of...

Seoul signs off on $8M in aid

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DPRK
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JoongAng
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Pyongyang scoffs but has taken food support from China, Russia South Korea Wednesday set into motion a donation of $8 million to the World Food Programme (WFP) and Unicef for emergency nutritional...

Moon to go ahead with $8 million aid to North

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DPRK
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JoongAng
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Humanitarian support is separate, gov’t says, though allies disagree The South Korean government will give North Korea $8 million worth of aid through two international organizations under the UN, as...

Human rights act goes into force after 11 years

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DPRK
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JoongAng
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South Korea Tuesday approved an enforcement ordinance for the North Korean Human Rights Act, allowing the law to come into effect this Sunday, 11 years after the bill was first submitted to the...

Amid drought, a plan reassessed

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Republic of Korea
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JoongAng
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On Monday, much welcome rain fell across the nation, and though the drought-ridden South Chungcheong region saw average precipitation of 24 millimeters, that was far from enough. Following a dry...

Seoul releases aid funds for North

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DPRK
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JoongAng
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Kim Jong-un’s offer of a summit leads to a series of concessions The Park Geun-hye administration will offer money from the state-operated Inter-Korean Cooperation Fund to North Korea through private...

To fight Ebola, Park will send medics to Africa

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Liberia
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JoongAng
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President Park Geun-hye pledged to dispatch Korean medical personnel to countries hit with Ebola for the first time to counter the spread of the deadly virus Thursday at the Asia-Europe Meeting...

U.S. charity fights drug-resistant TB in the North

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DPRK
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JoongAng
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WASHINGTON - Despite worsening U.S.-North Korean relations, an American charity is ramping up efforts against an epidemic of multidrug-resistant tuberculosis in the isolated country, where it says it...

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