Korea to provide $1.5 mil. in aid to flood-hit Vietnam, Thailand, Sri Lanka
By Yonhap
People clean their mud- and water-covered home in a flood-affected village in a suburb of Colombo, Sri Lanka, Wednesday. EPA-Yonhap
Korea will provide a total of $1.5 million worth of humanitarian aid to Vietnam, Thailand and Sri Lanka to support recovery efforts following deadly floods and landslides that struck the three countries, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs said Thursday.
The government will provide $500,000 to each country to help restore the affected areas and support local residents' early return to their daily lives, the ministry said in a release.
The floods struck the three South and Southeast Asian countries late last month, killing more than 1,300 people and destroying homes, roads and crops across the regions.