April 25, 2024
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S.Korean NGOs provide KRW4.7 billion in humanitarian aid to N.Korea in 2018: MOU

More than 1000 North Korean defectors arrived in the ROK between January and November, MOU adds

South Korean non-government organizations (NGOs) provided humanitarian aid worth around KRW4.7 billion (USD$4.17 million) to North Korea between January and November this year, the ROK Ministry of Unification (MOU) announced on Tuesday.

The MOU's Humanitarian Cooperation Bureau said in a written statement that Seoul supported “active civilian exchanges” and continued cooperation with international organizations to ensure humanitarian assistance to the DPRK.

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