Asia-Pacific

DPRK to accept corn aid offer: South Korea

(Xinhua)
Updated: 2010-01-15 19:12

SEOUL: Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) told South Korea on Friday that it would accept the 10,000 tons of corn aid that South Korea offered in October, Yonhap news agency quoted a spokeswoman with South Korea's Unification Ministry as saying.

DPRK sent a fax message to South Korea, saying it "will receive the corn aid," said ministry spokeswoman Lee Jong-joo.

Lee said it will take "at least a month" for Seoul to purchase corn and deliver it to DPRK.

Specials

Chinese media's top 10 fake news stories in 2009

more

• 

  Waste Issue

  Guangzhou asks for public opinion to solve growing garbage crisis...

• 

  Meal time at construction site

  When I was working in Manhattan as a management consultant (this was years before "bailout" and "financial crisis" entered into quotidian small talk), swanky restaurants and elaborate dinners were part of the regular "team-building" and "client meeting" routines.

• 

  Charming Men

  Cast members promote HBO's "The Ricky Gervais Show" at the HBO sessions of the Television Critics Association winter press tour in Pasadena, California January 14, 2010.

• 

  Sherlock Holmes

  Actors Jude Law of Britain and Robert Downey Jr. of the U.S. pose during a photocall to promote their latest film "Sherlock Holmes" in Madrid January 13, 2010.

• 

  To recall history

  China will invite high-ranking officials from UK and France to attend a ceremony of the 150th anniversary of the Yuan Ming Yuan Park’s demolishing disaster.

Columnists

Raymond Zhou

Just in jest

more

China Daily E-paper

China Daily

US Edition

21st Century

HK Edition

China Daily PDF

Subscribe

Advertise

Jobs

About Us