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US NGOs to Withdraw from N.Korea

Written: 2009-03-21 13:17:37Updated: 0000-00-00 00:00:00

U.S. nongovernmental organizations carrying out food aid distribution in North Korea will withdraw from the country by the end of this month.

Five NGOs issued a joint statement on Saturday to pull out their staff from the North following Pyongyang’s rejection of U.S. food aid. As a result, 16 relief workers will leave.

The NGOs added that they regret North Korea’s decision.

Since last year, the groups said they distributed 100-thousand tons of U.S. government food aid to some one million North Korean children and pregnant women.


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