NK Expresses Gratitude to Seoul Over Flood Aid

North Korea expressed gratitude to South Korean President Roh Moo-hyun for sending a letter of condolences over recent floods that reportedly ruined 10 percent of the communist country's cropland, a South Korean official said Saturday.

Citing massive rain-caused floods in late August thatreportedly left more than 600 people killed or missing, North Korea had postponed until early October a scheduled inter-Korean summit of leaders in its capital in late August.

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