South Koreans sent $22.74 million in aid to North Korea last year, data shows

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South Koreans sent $22.74 million in aid to North Korea last year, data shows

Private sector organizations sent $13.95 million in assistance, highest since 2010: MOU

Jeongmin Kim April 20, 2020

South Koreans sent $22.74 million in aid to North Korea last year, data shows

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South Koreans sent a total of 27.7 billion KRW ($22.74 million) in public and private sector humanitarian assistance to North Korea last year, data released by Seoul's Ministry of Unification (MOU) revealed on Monday.

The amount of aid sent to the North in 2019 was the highest since 2015, the data showed, when South Koreans sent a total of 25.4 billion KRW ($20.85 million) of aid to the North.

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Jeongmin Kim is the Lead Correspondent at NK News and Editorial Director at KOREA PRO, based in Seoul. Kim covers inter-Korean relations and North and South Korean foreign and military affairs. Kim has covered the 2022 ROK presidential election on the ground, and prior to joining NK News, she worked for the CSIS Korea Chair in Washington D.C. and Reuters news agency’s Seoul bureau. Follow her on Twitter @jeongminnkim

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