The United States remained considering a possible aid package for flood-stricken the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK), the White House said Thursday.
"We're in the process of assessing what is going on, on the ground now: What is the damage and what are their needs? And so that process is still ongoing. But we may have more for you on that later," U.S. National Security Council spokesman Gordon Johndroe said.
The U.S. State Department said Tuesday that it was considering to provide assistance to the DPRK to help the country cope with flood disasters.
"If there is a humanitarian need we would take a look to see if we could help out in some way," State Department spokesman Sean McCormack said, noting that any aid would be channeled through the United Nations.
According to the Korean Central News Agency, torrential rains that started on Aug. 7 caused huge human and material losses in the DPRK and left "hundreds of persons dead or missing, more than 30,000 houses for over 63,300 families destroyed or inundated."
Pyongyang had asked the United Nation's food relief agency, the World Food Program, for help in the wake of the disaster.
Source: Xinhua
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