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N.Korea Accepts Seoul's Offer of Flu Help
North Korea on Thursday accepted the South's offer of H1N1 flu drugs. Unification Ministry spokesman Chun Hae-sung told reporters the government made the offer to help it fight H1N1 flu through the liaison channel at the truce village of Panmunjom. "In response through the same channel, the North notified us of its acceptance of the offer." It will be the first humanitarian aid to the North by the Lee Myung-bak administration. At a session of the National Assembly's Committee on Budget and Accounts, Unification Minister Hyun In-taek said, "We're going to send North Korea enough doses of the antiviral drugs for 500,000 North Koreans." The government will set aside this amount from its stockpile of drugs for about 5.9 million people. A ministry official said, "We're going to discuss the quantities and how to deliver them through liaison officers at Panmunjom." Meanwhile, the government Thursday lowered the flu alert level by one notch as of Friday since the spread has slowed. Accordingly, the military revoked the furlough ban for soldiers imposed in an effort to prevent spread of the disease. Posted by: Steve White 2009-12-12 |
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