10:01 16/08/2007
Floods cripple North Korea. Video (click here)
North Korean authorities have indicated flooding may have left up to 300,000 people homeless.
Floods cripple North Korea. Video (click here)
North Korean authorities have indicated flooding may have left up to 300,000 people homeless.
MOSCOW, August 18 (RIA Novosti) - North Korean authorities have suggested postponing a high-level summit with South Korea, scheduled for August 28-30 in Pyongyang, to October 2-4 due to devastating floods in the north, the South Korean presidential press service said Saturday.
The intergovernmental summit, only the second in the history of North-South relations, was to have discussed the creation of a single economic zone for the Korean Peninsula.
Hundreds have died in floods caused by the worst torrential rains ever recorded in parts of North Korea, and a significant portion of the country's cropland has been destroyed.
On Friday, South Korea's unification minister said Seoul would provide $7.5 million in flood relief to North Korea....
The intergovernmental summit, only the second in the history of North-South relations, was to have discussed the creation of a single economic zone for the Korean Peninsula.
Hundreds have died in floods caused by the worst torrential rains ever recorded in parts of North Korea, and a significant portion of the country's cropland has been destroyed.
On Friday, South Korea's unification minister said Seoul would provide $7.5 million in flood relief to North Korea....
