U.S. Tops List Providing International Aid to North Korea
Since the massive flooding of North Korean croplands in 1995, over $2.19 billion of international aid has been received the North according to a Seoul research institute. The November report was from official data compiled by the United Nation's office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs.
Out of the total sum that flowed into the poverty-stricken nation between July 1996 and October 2004, $1.38 billion, or 62.8 percent, was sent through the Consolidated Appeals Process (CAP), through which U.N. agencies, national governments, NGOs and individual donors share information and set the aid goal together. International aid to North Korea can be categorized into the CAP and additional aid from individual countries and NGOs, according to Kwon Tae-jin, a senior researcher at the Korea Rural Economic Institute (KRI).
Most Americans would be surprised that the United States tops the list with aid amounting to $644 million during the period. This does not include U.S. aid in low-grade fuel oil, another commodity the nation direly needs. South Korea was second at $383 million, while Japan and the European Union. The volume from these four donors contributed to 68.4 percent of the total aid.
North Korea has been the longest sustained U.N. food emergency program in history.
Out of the total sum that flowed into the poverty-stricken nation between July 1996 and October 2004, $1.38 billion, or 62.8 percent, was sent through the Consolidated Appeals Process (CAP), through which U.N. agencies, national governments, NGOs and individual donors share information and set the aid goal together. International aid to North Korea can be categorized into the CAP and additional aid from individual countries and NGOs, according to Kwon Tae-jin, a senior researcher at the Korea Rural Economic Institute (KRI).
Most Americans would be surprised that the United States tops the list with aid amounting to $644 million during the period. This does not include U.S. aid in low-grade fuel oil, another commodity the nation direly needs. South Korea was second at $383 million, while Japan and the European Union. The volume from these four donors contributed to 68.4 percent of the total aid.
North Korea has been the longest sustained U.N. food emergency program in history.
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