SEOUL, Apr. 16 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea will provide US$12 million in humanitarian assistance to Sudan and the neighboring countries struggling with a yearlong conflict between rival military factions, the foreign ministry said Tuesday. Choi Jai-chul, South Korean Ambassador to France, announced the plan Monday (local time) during an international humanitarian conference in Paris, [...]
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, Nov. 14 (Korea Bizwire) – South Korea said Tuesday it is gauging an “appropriate” time to implement its planned aid to North Korea via U.N. agencies. In September, South Korea approved a plan to offer US$8 million in humanitarian assistance to North Korea to support infants and pregnant women amid tensions sparked by North [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 20 (Korea Bizwire) – South Korea will extend US$1.5 million worth of humanitarian assistance for refugees from Myanmar after an outbreak of violence last month caused an exodus into neighboring Bangladesh, the foreign ministry said Wednesday. The insurgent attacks against the Myanmarese police and military forces in the state of Rakhine on Aug. [...]