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EU to provide emergency food aid to DPRK

(Xinhua)
Updated: 2011-07-04 16:37

BRUSSESL - The European Commission announced on Monday it would provide emergency food aid to the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK), amid growing fears of a worsening hunger crisis in the country.

According to a EC statement, the objective of the 10 million euro (about $14.5 million) aid package is to lift around 650,000 people, mainly in the northern and eastern areas of the country, out of hunger.