US aid shipment arrives in flood-hit DPRK

SEOUL, Republic of Korea - A US aid shipment arrived on Saturday in the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) with around 90 tons of emergency supplies for the flood-hit nation, the organization conducting the operation said.

"The plane has landed, and the relief supplies are in the DPRK," said Todd Shearer, a spokesman for US-based Christian relief group Samaritan's Purse.

The DPRK has seen international aid supplies reduce in recent years as tensions on the Korean Peninsula have racked up.