1.   As you may know, we are providing rice to North Korea.

2.   In that meeting, the issue of providing rice, of inter-Korean economic cooperation and other inter-Korean issues can be discussed.

3.   She first tried it in New Orleans when a cooking school provided the Texas rice for her class.

4.   In addition to North Korea, Japan will provide surplus rice to Nepal and Laos, which are also faced with serious food shortages, government officials said Tuesday.

5.   In its first official admission of a grave food crisis, North Korea, whose ideology stresses self-reliance, asked Japan last month to provide emergency rice.

6.   South Korea has also provided some rice to its rival but has been cautious about giving more, fearing that North Korea might stockpile rice for military purposes.

7.   The rice will be provided free and without a South Korean label, news reports said.

8.   They will discuss when and how much rice should be provided to North Korea.

9.   When Pyongyang asked for rice aid through Japanese officials last month, South Korea insisted rice would be provided only through government channels.

10.   Talks began in July on providing additional rice.