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S. Korea Provides Emergency Relief Items to Explosion-hit Lebanon

SEOUL, Aug. 8 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s military unit based in Lebanon provided emergency relief items to the Middle Eastern country on Saturday to help recovery from a recent deadly explosion, Seoul’s defense ministry said. A total of 6,000 sets of medical supplies and other relief items were handed over by the Dongmyung Unit [...]

S. Korea Seeks Extra Budget for Aid to Virus-hit Families

SEOUL, March 30 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea said Monday it will push for a second extra budget worth 7.1 trillion won (US$5.8 billion) to provide shopping coupons and gift certificates to more than half of the country’s households to help minimize the economic fallout from the spread of the new coronavirus outbreak. The government [...]