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N. Korea will accept H1N1 help
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December 11, 2009, Friday
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NORTH Korea agreed yesterday to accept medicine from South Korea to fight an outbreak of swine flu, a South Korean Cabinet minister said, in a development that could improve relations between the two nations after a deadly maritime clash.
"Today, the North expressed its intention to receive" the medical aid, South Korean Unification Minister Hyun In-taek told reporters.
North Korean state media reported on Wednesday there were nine confirmed swine flu cases in the country.
Hyun separately told lawmakers that Seoul plans to send enough doses of the antiviral Tamiflu for 500,000 North Koreans, according to his spokesman Chun Hae-sung.
Chun said the two sides could discuss the timing of the delivery in a meeting at the border village of Panmunjom as early as today.
The move came two days after South Korean President Lee Myung-bak offered unconditional aid to North Korea to help contain the virus - the government's first offer of humanitarian aid since Lee took office in early 2008.
The aid offer indicates a desire by the Koreas for better relations despite a naval clash near their disputed western sea border last month. The fighting killed one North Korean sailor and wounded three others.
"Today, the North expressed its intention to receive" the medical aid, South Korean Unification Minister Hyun In-taek told reporters.
North Korean state media reported on Wednesday there were nine confirmed swine flu cases in the country.
Hyun separately told lawmakers that Seoul plans to send enough doses of the antiviral Tamiflu for 500,000 North Koreans, according to his spokesman Chun Hae-sung.
Chun said the two sides could discuss the timing of the delivery in a meeting at the border village of Panmunjom as early as today.
The move came two days after South Korean President Lee Myung-bak offered unconditional aid to North Korea to help contain the virus - the government's first offer of humanitarian aid since Lee took office in early 2008.
The aid offer indicates a desire by the Koreas for better relations despite a naval clash near their disputed western sea border last month. The fighting killed one North Korean sailor and wounded three others.
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