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UN body sends first food aid to flood-hit N.Koreans
Aug 4th, 2012
The World Food Programme has said it is sending a first shipment of emergency food aid to flood-hit areas of North Korea, where torrential rain has killed scores of people and inundated cropland. (Source: AFP) -
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