Korea, Democratic People's Republic Of

26 July 2013

DPRK: Water and relief supplies support 10,000 people following severe floods

Over 3,300 Red Cross volunteers in the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK) are providing clean drinking water and relief supplies to people affected by severe flooding and landslides across the country.
DPRK Red Cross volunteers help flood family cheat death
3 August 2012

DPRK Red Cross volunteers help flood family cheat death

By Manish Tewani, Pyongyang Kim Myong Ok’s eyes tear up as she declares: “I got a second life thanks to the Red Cross.” Visibly emotional, she recounts her close brush...
Red Cross food distributions help flood affected families in DPRK through hard times
15 December 2011

Red Cross food distributions help flood affected families in DPRK through hard times

With moist eyes, 74 year-old Sin Yong Hui, smiles in appreciation at the bag of maize that she receives from the Red Cross Society of the Democratic People's ...
Food and shelter needs still acute following floods in DPRK
17 November 2011

Food and shelter needs still acute following floods in DPRK

With thousands of survivors of severe floods in the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea still seriously short of food and proper shelter, there’s an urgent need ...
The slow march from vulnerability to relative prosperity
15 November 2011

The slow march from vulnerability to relative prosperity

There are still the maps on the wall and the bulky sofa in the meeting room. There’s still a little boy – not the same one, I don’t think – having his hair cut in ...
Flood families face a wet and miserable winter
11 November 2011

Flood families face a wet and miserable winter

The rice stalks which Chang Ok Bun, 32, is feeding into her makeshift earthenware stove give off a characteristic smoke with an innocent fragrance of the countryside.
Villagers still struggle with food and shelter after floods
5 November 2011

Villagers still struggle with food and shelter after floods

As you approach the village of Soksa Ri from the road, it looks like any other settlement of neat cottages, resting on a gentle slope, amid the freshly harvested ...
DPRK Red Cross helping to rebuild communities after floods
14 September 2011

DPRK Red Cross helping to rebuild communities after floods

With large areas of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK) battered by storms and floods throughout the summer months, The IFRC recently launched an ...
DPRK - Red Cross appeals for support as storms and flooding leave thousands homeless
22 August 2011

DPRK - Red Cross appeals for support as storms and flooding leave thousands homeless

The IFRC has launched an emergency appeal for 3.5 million Swiss francs to provide urgently needed supplies of food and non-food relief, shelter materials, clean ...
Red Cross volunteer dies after heroic rescue
18 August 2011

Red Cross volunteer dies after heroic rescue

It was late in the evening of 26 July, when 32-year-old Han Sun Il, a DPRK Red Cross volunteer, heard children crying, while helping people to escape from the flood ...
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