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Private sector sends additional 300 tons of flour to N. Korea
By Lee Haye-ah
SEOUL (Yonhap) - South Korean civic groups delivered an additional 300 tons of flour to North Korea on Tuesday, following through with their pledge to send a total of 2,500 tons by the end of this month, officials said.
The Korean Council for Reconciliation and Cooperation (KCRC), a coalition of pro-unification civic and social groups, said it sent the aid to the North Korean border city of Kaesong by land to feed poverty-stricken North Koreans in the city of Sariwon, North Hwanghae Province.
The KCRC sent its first batch of flour last Tuesday after receiving government approval for its plan to deliver a total of 2,500 tons for 82,000 North Koreans by the end of this month. It was the first time Seoul approved flour aid to the North following the communist state's shelling of a South Korean front-line island last November.
The KCRC also said it will send a delegation of monitors to Sariwon on Wednesday to ensure the aid reaches its intended recipients in nurseries and hospitals.
SEOUL (Yonhap) - South Korean civic groups delivered an additional 300 tons of flour to North Korea on Tuesday, following through with their pledge to send a total of 2,500 tons by the end of this month, officials said.
The Korean Council for Reconciliation and Cooperation (KCRC), a coalition of pro-unification civic and social groups, said it sent the aid to the North Korean border city of Kaesong by land to feed poverty-stricken North Koreans in the city of Sariwon, North Hwanghae Province.
The KCRC sent its first batch of flour last Tuesday after receiving government approval for its plan to deliver a total of 2,500 tons for 82,000 North Koreans by the end of this month. It was the first time Seoul approved flour aid to the North following the communist state's shelling of a South Korean front-line island last November.
The KCRC also said it will send a delegation of monitors to Sariwon on Wednesday to ensure the aid reaches its intended recipients in nurseries and hospitals.
