The International Red Cross has put out an urgent appeal for funds for the victims of some of the worst storms to hit North Korea in thirty years. With winter approaching the temperature will drop to below ten degrees celsius.
Adequate shelter is needed for the ten-thousand or more people left homeless.
And help is needed to cope with the serious threat of hunger and water-borne disease. The floods destroyed or contaminated water supplies and are expected to have caused widespread crop damage. Only last week the World Food Programme called for a hundred million dollars to stave off hunger among a third of North Korea's population. US investors threaten Hyundai deal Links to more Asia-Pacific stories are at the foot of the page.