South Korea has approved three new requests to send nutrition-related private humanitarian aid for North Korea this month, Seoul’s unification ministry said on Thursday.
The latest approvals mean the ministry has now greenlit a total of 11 such requests this year, though a ministry official told NK News that it is unlikely any approved aid items have made it to the DPRK amid the country’s continuing COVID-19 border restrictions and stalled inter-Korean relations.
South Korea has approved three new requests to send nutrition-related private humanitarian aid for North Korea this month, Seoul’s unification ministry said on Thursday.
The latest approvals mean the ministry has now greenlit a total of 11 such requests this year, though a ministry official told NK News that it is unlikely any approved aid items have made it to the DPRK amid the country’s continuing COVID-19 border restrictions and stalled inter-Korean relations.
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