Berlin Offers Aid in North Korea Blast

Following the deadly train explosion in North Korea, Berlin plans to send €100,000 ($119,000) in emergency aid. Germany's International Development Ministry said the money was earmarked for food aid shipments or building materials. "The people in Ryongchon have been horribly hit by this terrible train accident. We have to do everything to help them," Development Minister Heidemarie Wieczorek-Zeul said. North Korea's notoriously secretive authorities officially acknowledged the scale of the tragedy for the first time late Monday, saying at least 150 people were killed and 1,300 were injured. The figures tally broadly with tolls cited by aid workers.