SEOUL, 22 March, 2021 (TON): On Monday, the South Korean Unification Minister Lee In-young announced to restore humanitarian aid to North Korea.
During a meeting with the chief of the Korean Council for Reconciliation and Cooperation, a South Korean pro-unification civic group, Lee made the remark.
He said, “Government agrees in principle to the need for the resumption of the private sector's humanitarian assistance to North Korea, vowing to review it sufficiently and rapidly.”
The government maintained a basic position that it is necessary to continue the humanitarian assistance in the private sector, said the Unification Ministry spokesperson, Lee Jong-joo.
Pyongyang has repeatedly rejected offers for help from South Korea to ease its food paucity amid tense inter-Korean relations.
However, Kim Jong-un had earlier urged his officials not to receive outside help considering the pandemic crisis.
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