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N.Korea asks foreign governments for aid: reports
16 Feb 2011 11:27
Source: alertnet // Emma Batha
LONDON (AlertNet) - North Korea has asked all its 40 embassies to appeal to foreign governments for aid as it struggles to feed millions of people, according to British media reports.
The direct approach is unusual for the highly secretive regime which traditionally relies on aid from the United Nations? World Food Programme (WFP) China and South Korea.
The WFP has sent a team of experts to North Korea to assess food needs in the country where it says some 5 million people face food shortages.
The organisation, which regularly sounds alarm bells over the hunger crisis in North Korea, is particularly worried because this year?s winter has been so harsh. Last month was the coldest in 26 years.
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http://www.trust.org/alertnet/news/nkorea-asks-foreign-governments-for-aid-reports
16 Feb 2011 11:27
Source: alertnet // Emma Batha
LONDON (AlertNet) - North Korea has asked all its 40 embassies to appeal to foreign governments for aid as it struggles to feed millions of people, according to British media reports.
The direct approach is unusual for the highly secretive regime which traditionally relies on aid from the United Nations? World Food Programme (WFP) China and South Korea.
The WFP has sent a team of experts to North Korea to assess food needs in the country where it says some 5 million people face food shortages.
The organisation, which regularly sounds alarm bells over the hunger crisis in North Korea, is particularly worried because this year?s winter has been so harsh. Last month was the coldest in 26 years.
More...
http://www.trust.org/alertnet/news/nkorea-asks-foreign-governments-for-aid-reports