218660 Europe Media Monitor (EMM) reads and analyses around 40.000 new news items per day from around 1000 sites worldwide. The text of the items, extracted using EMM's own text extraction algorithm, is indexed using Lucene (see http://lucene.apache.org). Please make sure your area of interest is not already covered by one of the pre-defined categories (alerts). If it is, we kindly ask you to use the feed from that category as this significantly reduces the load on our system. This site is a joint project of DG-JRC and DG-COMM. The information on this site is subject to a disclaimer (see http://europa.eu/geninfo/legal_notices_en.htm). Please acknowledge EMM when (re)using this material http://joongangdaily.joins.com/article/view.asp?aid=2940464WASHINGTON - The United States announced Thursday it would provide $900,000 worth of emergency aid to flood-ravaged North Korea less than a month after the two sides resumed high-level dialogue. “In response to humanitarian needs arising from recent flooding in the Democratic People’s Republic of....Fri, 19 Aug 2011 17:26:00 +0200joongangdaily-096344c9d4b28a2e8c45ad07bb36aabb20110819172600http://www.trust.org/alertnet/news/world-humanitarian-day-dprk-red-cross-volunteer-dies-after-heroic-rescue19 Aug 2011 15:22 Source: member // By Ms. Pak Ryon Mi and Mr. Pak Jong Pil - DPRK Red Cross Society In the past few weeks, the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK) has been battered by storms and floods which have left at least 57 people dead, according to government figures and more than 24,720 people homeless.Fri, 19 Aug 2011 16:53:00 +0200trust-19548422843cae63a40c62e2af8ebbc620110819165300http://www.trust.org/alertnet/news/us-offers-nkorea-flood-aid-but-no-food-yet* U.S. still studying Pyongyang's food aid request * Monitoring, transparency remain concerns * U.S., North Korea diplomatic activity rising (Adds quotes, background) By Andrew Quinn WASHINGTON, Aug 18 (Reuters) - The United States has offered North Korea up to $900,000 in emergency flood assistance....Fri, 19 Aug 2011 10:46:00 +0200trust-a505704ab760d723d84f24052b31875620110819104600http://thestar.com.my/news/story.asp?file=/2011/8/19/worldupdates/2011-08-19T014618Z_01_NOOTR_RTRMDNC_0_-588591-1&sec=WorldupdatesWASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States has offered North Korea up to $900,000 in emergency flood assistance but has made no decision yet on a broader request for humanitarian food aid for the isolated country, the State Department said on Thursday.Thu, 18 Aug 2011 22:49:00 +0200thestar-my-a2e74d7da442a073b76be0712f89e19e20110818224900