S.Korea approves 2017's first humanitarian aid shipment to N.Korea | NK News
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November 06, 2024
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S.Korea approves 2017’s first humanitarian aid shipment to N.Korea

Other S.Korean NGOs question "fairness" of MoU decision

South Korea's Ministry of Unification (MoU) on Tuesday approved humanitarian aid to North Korea for the first time this year, a spokesperson announced on Wednesday.

The MoU said it would allow the nonprofit Eugene Bell Foundation to ship multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB) medication to the DPRK.

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