South Korean pharmaceutical company Huons announced on February 11th that it will send essential drugs to North Korea as a humanitarian gesture.

The company will send $280,000 worth of anesthetics, painkillers and antibiotics to the DPRK through the welfare network Human-earth. The Korean Newspaper Financial News reported that the drugs were already packed and ready to be sent on February 10th.

The paper added the Human-earth network will deliver the drugs to 19 hospitals in North Korea, including one in Pyeongseong city and Deokcheon city.

Jeon Jae-gap, CEO of Huons, told the Financial News that the company had carefully considered