SEOUL, Aug. 14 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea has decided to provide Hawaii with US$2 million worth of humanitarian aid to help respond to a series of wildfires that recently raked the island of Maui, Seoul’s foreign ministry said Monday. The latest wildfires have killed at least 93, making it the deadliest U.S. fire in [...]
SEOUL, March 8 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea plans to help Turkey set up shelters for the survivors of last month’s devastating earthquake in the European country, the foreign ministry said Wednesday. The decision was made at an interagency meeting on ways to provide assistance to Turkey struggling with recovery and reconstruction efforts after the [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 25 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea plans to provide US$130 million in humanitarian assistance to Ukraine on the occasion of the first anniversary of Russia’s invasion, Seoul’s foreign ministry said Friday. The government reaffirmed its position through the ministry’s statement that the “sovereignty, territorial integrity and independence of Ukraine must be respected.” The [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 16 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea plans to provide emergency humanitarian aid of US$1 million to Syria for victims and others suffering from last week’s catastrophic earthquake that also affected Turkey, Seoul’s foreign ministry said Thursday. The aid will be delivered through the United Nations due to the lack of diplomatic ties between [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 13 (Korea Bizwire) — President Yoon Suk Yeol instructed the government Monday to mobilize all available resources to secure maximum relief supplies for quake-hit Turkey, his office said. Yoon gave the instruction during a weekly meeting with his senior secretaries, saying South Korea must be more eager than anyone to help Turkey recover [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 7 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea plans to offer US$5 million in emergency humanitarian assistance to Turkey and dispatch a total of around 110 workers to support its search and rescue work following a devastating earthquake earlier this week, according to Seoul’s foreign ministry Tuesday. It will also deliver medical supplies to Turkey, [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 10 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea plans to offer some 100 tons of humanitarian aid items to Ukraine, which is suffering power shortages this month amid its war with Russia, Seoul’s foreign ministry said Friday. The items, which include power generators, children’s vaccines, medical devices and emergency medicines, are scheduled to be sent [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 2 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s overseas aid agency is taking steps to rebuild Colombia’s rural regions, which are struggling with the aftermath of a lengthy armed conflict. The Korea International Development Agency (KOICA) said Thursday it will join hands with the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) to embark on a project to [...]
SEOUL, June 24 (Korea Bizwire) — Seven out of 10 South Koreans believe the government should only provide non-military aid to Ukraine, a survey showed Friday. In the survey of 1,000 people aged 18 or above conducted by Gallup Korea from Tuesday to Thursday, 72 percent said the government of President Yoon Suk-yeol should only [...]
SEOUL, June 8 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea pledged to provide US$1.2 million in additional aid to Ukraine to support safe operations of nuclear power plants of the war-ravaged country, the foreign ministry said Wednesday. South Korean representatives announced the plan during a board meeting of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), in Vienna, Austria, [...]