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Dear Friends, Situation The DPRK is on the brink of catastrophe following another summer season of devastating floods! Since mid-July torrential rain has been falling in the Democratic People s Republic of Korea (DPRK), further depleting the country s already dwindling food…

Washington DC, August 8, 1996 -- Some 2,300 people have died since the start of the 1996 monsoon season in Asia, with more than one hundred million people affected by severe flood damage to homes, croplands and infrastructure in eight countries:…

PHILADELPHIA -- For the second straight summer, severe floods in the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (North Korea) are threatening the country's food supply and damaging infrastructure, according to Robert Hauser, country representative in Pyongyang for the World Food Programme.…

What U.S. NGO's are doing A Report & Media Resource Guide Produced by InterAction The American Council for Voluntary International Action This guide is regularly updated on http://www.interaction.org U.S. Non-Governmental Organizations Providing Flood Relief to the Democratic People's Republic of…

SEOUL (Aug 2, 1996 02:47 a.m. EDT) Food shortages in North Korea have reached a "famine stage" in some areas and recent floods are worsening prospects for the isloated state, an international aid agency said on Friday. "North Korea will…

Ref: DHAGVA - 96/0259 1. THE FLOOD SITUATION HAS SIGNIFICANTLY IMPROVED ALL OVER THE COUNTRY DUE TO THE FALL OF WATER LEVEL. IN ALL UPSTREAM RECORDING POINTS OF BRAHMAPUTRA AND GANGES, WATER LEVELS CONTINUE TO FALL, AND ARE PRESENTLY BELOW…

North Korea: devastating rains Heavy rains in five provinces has aggravated the emergency situation in the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK), which is still suffering from the devastating floods of 1995. Over 800 millimetres of rain have fallen in…

Ref: DHAGVA - 96/0260 SITUATION 1. SINCE 15 JULY HEAVY RAINS HAVE HIT PARTS OF DPRK , WITH MORE THAN 500 MM PRECIPITATION BETWEEN 24 - 27 JULY. 2. ACCORDING TO REPORTS BY THE NATIONAL NEWS AGENCY (KCNA), THE HARDEST HIT…

Update No. 6 Frightening tales have been coming out of North Korea... of men swimming for more than 13 kilometers down rivers, leaving wife and young children and risking detection, all to reach South Korea and some food source; of…

By PAUL SHIN Associated Press Writer SEOUL, South Korea (AP) - Torrential rains have inundated rice paddies and caused "heavy losses" of lives in North Korea, which is already facing a serious food shortage following last year's floods. "Crops will not…