S. Korea’s biz lobby donates US$500,000 to Japan’s Noto quake relief efforts

SEOUL, The Federation of Korean Industries (FKI), South Korea's biggest business lobby, said Monday it has donated US$500,000 in aid to Japan's relief efforts involving a massive earthquake that killed more than 200 people in the country. The FKI said the donation for victims of the Noto Peninsula earthquake, which struck Japan's west coast on New Year's Day, will be delivered to the Japanese Red Cross Society via the Korean Red Cross. "We would like to express our deepest condolences to the victims of the earthquake and their families," FKI Chairman Ryu Jin said. The death toll from the 7.6 magnitude earthquake that struck the peninsula and surrounding areas in Japan's Ishikawa Prefecture stood at 232, while those injured were tallied at 1,009. Source: Yonhap News Agency