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| In North Korea, Fears of Extreme Drought Ease | |
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| SEOUL, South Korea — Fears of a severe drought in impoverished North Korea have eased after a partial rebound in rainfall in recent weeks, the South Korean government said on Friday. | SEOUL, South Korea — Fears of a severe drought in impoverished North Korea have eased after a partial rebound in rainfall in recent weeks, the South Korean government said on Friday. |
| Jeong Joon-hee, a spokesman for the Unification Ministry in South Korea, said that rainfall in the North reached 90 percent of normal for June after an especially dry May. He said that rain had fallen across much of North Korea since the country warned on June 16 that it was facing “the worst drought in a century.” | Jeong Joon-hee, a spokesman for the Unification Ministry in South Korea, said that rainfall in the North reached 90 percent of normal for June after an especially dry May. He said that rain had fallen across much of North Korea since the country warned on June 16 that it was facing “the worst drought in a century.” |
| Mr. Jeong said that the food situation in the North still required close monitoring because the drought continued in some parts of the country, but he stopped short of extending humanitarian aid to the North. | Mr. Jeong said that the food situation in the North still required close monitoring because the drought continued in some parts of the country, but he stopped short of extending humanitarian aid to the North. |
| “Our basic position is that if the North has a difficult situation and asks for assistance, we are willing to help,” he said during a news briefing on Friday. “But there has been no such request yet.” | “Our basic position is that if the North has a difficult situation and asks for assistance, we are willing to help,” he said during a news briefing on Friday. “But there has been no such request yet.” |