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South Korean church council says rice needed for flooded North

South Korea's national church council has urged humanitarian assistance for people in the isolated north of the divided Asian country so they can try and cope with recent floods that have hit the peninsula, reports Ecumenical News International.

In a 26 August statement, the National Council of Churches in Korea said August that in the North Korean city of Sinuiju, northwest of the capital Pyongyang and near the Yalu River, houses have collapsed, and 2458 hectares of farmland are flooded.

The council, which is based in the South Korea capital of Seoul, said that there had already been an acute shortage of food in the north and it called for rice to be provided to victims.

"If your enemies are hungry, feed them. If they are thirsty, let them drink," the council said citing a verse in St Paul's letter to the Romans (12:20) in the Bible. More than 5000 people were evacuated as floods hit the northwestern part of the country, news agencies have reported.

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[08/31/2010]

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