BBC NEWS | Asia-Pacific | North Korea refuses US food aid - 0 views
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The US says North Korea has refused to accept any further food aid supplies. Five aid groups have been told to leave the North by the end of March, the State Department and aid groups said.
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Last year, the UN World Food Programme said that almost nine million people - more than a third of the North Korean population - was in need of food aid.
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"North Korea has informed the United States that it does not wish to receive additional US food assistance at this time," state department spokesman Robert Wood told reporters in Washington.
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