South Korea’s Rescue Association said on Monday that North Korea formally requested help following the collapse of a 23 floor apartment in Pyongyang in May.

North Korea requested assistance with “reconstruction and disease control efforts” in early June, it was announced at a Ministry of Unification press briefing on Monday.

“The Korea Rescue Association got a request from the ‘General Bureau of Red Star Construction’ for assistance related to the Pyongyang apartment collapse, [and] on July 6th they submitted a request to visit North Korea,” a Daily NK translation of the statement said.

The statement added that the Korea Rescue