SEOUL, May 30 (Yonhap) -- A charity group on Thursday called for the provision of anti-tuberculosis drugs to North Korea, warning that first-line drugs for the disease are expected to run out in the impoverished country by the first half of next year.

SEOUL, June 27 (Yonhap) -- South Korea's unification ministry has approved the Eugene Bell Foundation Korea's application to send medications for tuberculosis and materials to build hospital wards to North Korea, an official said Tuesday.

SEOUL, Aug. 17 -- The head of the Eugene Bell Foundation Korea on Wednesday voiced hope that more tuberculosis patients in North Korea could receive timely medication even at a time of heightened inter-Korean tensions.

SEOUL, March 25 -- A private aid agency in South Korea said Friday that it has delivered medicines to treat tuberculosis to North Korea, the first humanitarian aid to the North after Pyongyang carried out its fourth nuclear test in January.

SEOUL, Sept. 13 (Yonhap) -- South Korea's health authorities said Friday that tuberculosis (TB) has been the top infectious disease in the county for a decade.