NORTH Korea’s uncharacteristic request for aid following the country’s deadly train explosion has come to be regarded as a hint of possible change and openness in the tightly controlled, secretive country.

THE World Food Programme warned yesterday that the relief effort for those hit by the devastating North Korea train blast was depleting limited food stocks intended to feed 6.5 million other desperate people.

NORTH Korea is in desperate need of medical aid to treat victims of its huge train blast, UN officials warned yesterday.

THE main hospital treating victims of a train explosion in North Korea laid out young patients on filing cabinets yesterday as it struggled to overcome a shortage of beds and problems with medical equipment, according to an aid official.

The main hospital treating victims of a train explosion in North Korea laid out young patients on filing cabinets today as it struggled to overcome a shortage of beds and problems with medical equipment, according to an aid official.

BROADCASTER Eamon Dunphy was put off the road for 10 years yesterday after being convicted of driving offences for the ninth time.