Loading ceremony at Busan port, December 12, 2006 (Photo Courtesy of Busan Newspaper)
On December 12, JTS shipped winterization items to the daycare centres and the home for the aged from Busan. A loading ceremnoy was held by the local volunteers.
A scarlet fever breakout in North Korea has led to confinement measure by the government authority. Considered a benign disease in South Korea, to the improverished and malnutritioned residents of North Korea this disease can be proven fatal.
Street Campaigns for North Korea Flood Victims
In July of 2006, torrential rain poured down on the Korean peninsula, resulting in severe damages to both South and North Korea. However, the damages sustained were at the opposite ends of the spectrum. With its barren mountains (trees logged for firewood) and weak building/dam structures, North Korea suffered catastrophic damages with heavy casualties.North Korea suffered more than 50,000 deaths and the loss of more than 100,000 tons of grain production.
