Seoul is reviewing plans to resume sending humanitarian assistance to North Korea through international and domestic private organizations, South Korea’s Ministry of Unification (MOU) said on Monday.

“As UNICEF (United Nations Children’s Fund) and the WFP (World Food Program) requested the resumption of aid, we are now reviewing it under the conditions including transparency and monitoring,” Lee Duk-haeng, a spokesperson for the Unification Ministry, told media at a regular press briefing.  

“There is also [the option of] offering the aid to North Korea via our (South Korean) private organizations apart from sending the aid through international organizations, and therefore we