The ROK military on Thursday provided supplies to the North’s inter-Korean military communication line on the west coast following an exemption by the UN sanctions committee, the South Korean Ministry of National Defense (MND) confirmed on Friday.

In a written statement, the defense ministry said it had provided supplies, including transmission equipment for copper and fiber-optic cables, to North Korea.

“The Ministry of National Defense (MND) provided related goods for the maintenance of military communications line in the western district — which is unstable due to the obsolete nature of the line and equipment —  to the North.”

The provision