A dozen trucks loaded with relief goods and food left the Chinese city of Dandong on the Sino-Korean border for the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) on Sunday.

This was the first dispatch of the 10-million-yuan aids that China promised for disaster relief of the train blast at Ryongchon Railway Station in the northern part of DPRK.

These materials included wool blankets, tents and canned foods, biscuits and instant noodle.

(Xinhua News Agency April 26, 2004)