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DPRK asks ROK for rice in flood aid
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September 7, 2010, Tuesday
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THE Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) has asked South Korea for rice and other "necessary equipment" to repair flood damage, the government said in Seoul today.
The request was made in a reply to an offer last week by South Korea's Red Cross to give the DPRK emergency relief aid worth 10 billion won (US$8.4 million). Seoul is considering the request, the Unification Ministry said in a statement.
The South Korean government suspended virtually exchanges with Pyongyang in May, after the international probe concluded that the sinking of a South Korean warship was masterminded by the DPRK, a charge it denies.
Seoul also stopped government-level aid to Pyongyang, and recent local news reports of Seoul considering resuming rice aid to Pyongyang have been repeatedly dismissed.
In apparent peace overtures, the DPRK yesterday offered to release crew members of a South Korean fishing boat held there for trespassing into its waters. Potential flood aid to Pyongyang might further warm up the frosty inter-Korean ties, local media said.
The request was made in a reply to an offer last week by South Korea's Red Cross to give the DPRK emergency relief aid worth 10 billion won (US$8.4 million). Seoul is considering the request, the Unification Ministry said in a statement.
The South Korean government suspended virtually exchanges with Pyongyang in May, after the international probe concluded that the sinking of a South Korean warship was masterminded by the DPRK, a charge it denies.
Seoul also stopped government-level aid to Pyongyang, and recent local news reports of Seoul considering resuming rice aid to Pyongyang have been repeatedly dismissed.
In apparent peace overtures, the DPRK yesterday offered to release crew members of a South Korean fishing boat held there for trespassing into its waters. Potential flood aid to Pyongyang might further warm up the frosty inter-Korean ties, local media said.
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