UNICEF to conduct survey on living conditions in N. Korea

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Published : Aug. 16, 2016 - 11:29

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A U.N. aid agency plans to conduct a survey on the overall living conditions in North Korea, possibly providing a more accurate picture of the life confronting children and women there, a U.S. media reported Tuesday.

The U.N. International Children's Emergency Fund will start its comprehensive survey this year to figure out health and nutrition conditions for children, women and other underprivileged people in the North, the Voice of America said, citing a spokesperson of the international agency.

The survey to be completed in the middle of next year would mark the first of its kind conducted on the North since 2009, according to the VOA.

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The survey was first devised in 1995 by UNICEF seeking to collect accurate data related to living conditions that have direct impact on children and women in the world.

It is expected that the survey would provide information on the reclusive country's overall living conditions on which aid programs tailored to meet the needs of children and women there could be drawn up. (Yonhap)

UNICEF to conduct survey on living conditions in N. Korea

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