All posts tagged "Red Cross"

  • Cho Gap-soon, 82, cries after finding out that she was not included among 500 preliminary candidates for the reunion of families divided by the 1950-53 Korean War, at a Korea Red Cross office in Seoul, Wednesday. The candidates were chosen through a computer draw. (Yonhap)
    663 to 1: Odds of being chosen for next month’s family reunion

    By Do Je-hae Five hundred preliminary candidates to attend family reunions of the two Koreas were selected Wednesday through a random computer draw. From these, the Korean Red Cross will choose 200 people after examining their health....

    • Posted September 9, 2015
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  • Damaged buildings lean to their sides in Kathmandu, Nepal, Monday, April 27, 2015. A strong magnitude 7.8 earthquake shook Nepal's capital and the densely populated Kathmandu Valley on Saturday, causing extensive damage with toppled walls and collapsed buildings. (AP Photo/Wally Santana)
    Korean Red Cross to offer $4 million for quake-hit Nepal

    SEOUL, June 2 (Yonhap) — The Korean Red Cross said Tuesday it has decided to increase its assistance to quake-hit Nepal to US$4 million in a bid to help Nepalese people better cope with the disaster. In...

    • Posted June 2, 2015
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