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News IFRC releases $214,500 emergency funds due to North Korea heatwaveAid organization also deployed emergency teams and 20 water pumps ![]() The International Federation of Red Cross and Red Cresent Societies (IFRC) released 213,474 Swiss francs ($214,516) in emergency funding to aid North Koreans at risk from the current heatwave, the group said today in a press release. Temperatures in the DPRK are averaging 39 degrees Celsius (102 Fahrenheit) and have the potential to threaten to country's fragile agricultural sector. © Korea Risk Group. All rights reserved. |