UN Seeks $111M to Help Feed N. Korea

The United Nations has launched an appeal for $111 million to help a vast portion of North Korea's population now facing a food crisis. Ghulam Isaczai, U.N. humanitarian coordinator for North Korea,  told VOA's Margaret Besheer on Wednesday that the funding would help five U.N. aid agencies working on the ground continue to provide North Koreans with food, clean water and other basics in 2015. The United Nations says 70 percent of the population, or 18 million North...

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