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North & South Korea suffer worst drought in a century

July 7, 2012 By Northwest Asian Weekly

The Associated Press Staff KOHYON-RI, North Korea (AP) — North Korea dispatched soldiers to pour buckets of water on parched fields and South Korean officials scrambled to save a rare mollusk threatened by the heat as the worst dry spell in a century gripped the Korean Peninsula.

Filed Under: World News Tagged With: 2012, Associated Press, Finance Minister Bahk Jae-wan, Food, Hyung-jin Kim, Jang Hyun-sik, Korean Peninsula, Lee Soo-jung, Mountainous North Korea, North Hwanghae, North Korean, North South Korea, Pak Tok Gwan, Ri Sun Pom, South Korean Prime Minister Kim Hwang-sik, United Nations, Vol 31 No 28 | July 7 - July 13

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