UN expands food aid to DPRK; US help arrives

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Source: CCTV.com | 07-02-2008 13:17

The United Nations World Food Programme has struck a deal with Pyongyang to rapidly expand aid for the DPRK. Meanwhile, a US ship carrying wheat has arrived in the DPRK.

In this photo released by World Food Program, the MV  Baltimore arrives in the port of Nampo, North Korea, on  Sunday, June 29, 2008. The U.S. ship carrying 37,000 tons  of bulk U.S. wheat arrived in North Korea after the  impoverished nation agreed to open up to greatly expanded  international aid, the U.N. food agency said Monday. (AP Photo/WFP, Lena Savelli)

The first US ship, carrying 37,000 tons of wheat, arrived in Nampo, in the Democratic People's Republic of Korea. It's the first of 500,000 tons of aid promised by the US.

Sunday's shipment will be enough for the UN World Food Programme to feed more than five million people, an increase from the 1.2 million people currently receiving international aid.

The WFP reached a deal with Pyongyang to rapidly expand aid.