North Korea has not yet responded to South Korea’s proposal to provide humanitarian aid to North Korea for the damage caused by recent downpours in its northern border areas, Seoul’s unification ministry said Friday.
On Thursday, the unification ministry expressed its willingness to urgently support North Korean flood victims with necessary supplies from a humanitarian and fraternal perspective through the Korean Red Cross. The North is believed to have sustained significant casualties.
“We have attempted to communicate through the inter-Korean liaison office channel, but so far, there has been no response from the North,” said Kim In-ae, the deputy spokesperson for the ministry, during a press briefing.
During an interview with Yonhap News TV, Vice Unification Minister Kim Soo-kyung expressed hope that humanitarian aid to North Korea could help thaw the tension on the Korean Peninsula.
“We ask the North Korean authorities to respond to our sincere proposal amid the humanitarian (crisis) in North Korea,” Kim said. “The Yoon Suk Yeol government has been consistently maintaining its stance to seek humanitarian aid for North Korea regardless of the political situation.”
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