(ATTN: MODIFIES lead, UPDATES with more quotes, remarks by former N.K. Red Cross
chief, growing call for aid, poor harvests in N. Korea, expert's view)
By Kim Hyun

SEOUL, Oct. 15 (Yonhap) -- The Catholic Bishops' Conference of Korea announced
Thursday it will set up a network aimed at increasing organ donations, a movement

SEOUL, Oct. 15 (Yonhap) -- The country's largest labor union declared Thursday it
will go on a general strike from December to protest labor law revisions becoming

SEOUL, Oct. 15 (Yonhap) -- Humanitarian aid to North Korea by South Korea's Red
Cross dropped to nil this year after a rapid decline in 2008, mirroring strained

Padang, Oct 15 (ANTARA) - Some 52 cultural sites in West Sumatra's provincial capital of Padang are damaged due to the magnitude-7.6 earthquake which hit the area last September 30.

Thousands of schools that want to go green have been told the federal government has
no money to help them.

By Tengku Noor Shamsiah Tengku Abdullah

Baku, 15 October (AzerTAc). ISO (International Organization for Standardization) will hold a seminar for the first time in Southern Caucasus, in Baku, on October 21-23.

By Muin Abdul Majid

PUTRAJAYA, Oct 15 (Bernama) -- The new identity card for foreign diplomats
launched Thursday will help facilitate their service here, Foreign Minister
Anifah Aman said.