Government to Provide Additional Emergency Relief Supplies Worth Approximately 3 Billion Won for Myanmar Earthquake Damage

The government announced on the 8th that it will provide emergency relief supplies worth 2 million dollars (approximately 3 billion KRW) to Myanmar, which suffered damage from the earthquake in Gangjin on the 28th of last month. This is additional support following humanitarian aid of the same scale provided at the end of last month.

Building collapsed by earthquake in Mandalay, Myanmar. Photo by Yonhap News.

According to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the relief supplies include KOICA stockpiles such as about 500 tents for disaster victims, approximately 4,000 water containers, and around 80,000 blankets. Furthermore, a task force was dispatched to the site last week to assess the damage and consult with international organizations for the provision of relief supplies.

The government has been steadily providing humanitarian aid to alleviate Myanmar's humanitarian crisis, including a total of 23 million dollars last year through major international organizations such as UNICEF and the World Food Programme (WFP), targeting Rohingya refugees in Myanmar and neighboring countries.

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