UN permitted to expand NKorea food aid
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The United Nations World Food Program says it has reached a deal with Pyongyang to rapidly expand aid, and that a United States ship has arrived carrying wheat.
The UN earlier warned of a humanitarian crisis in North Korea due to a food shortage.
The World Food Program says the agreement it reached with the north will allow it to expand its operation, previously aimed at feeding 1.2 million people to now feed more than 5 million.
North Korea has also allowed the WFP to place more international aid workers on the ground and expand its operations to a greater number of counties in the impoverished country.
