South Korea has since the opening of an inter-Korean liaison office last month been providing water for North Koreans living in the Kaesong area, the Ministry of Unification (MOU) confirmed on Wednesday.

To provide water for the now-shuttered Kaesong Industrial Complex (KIC) and local residents, the unification minister said, Seoul was managing purification plants and distribution stations drawing water from the nearby Wolgo Reservoir.

The treatment plants can produce up to 60,000 tons on a daily basis, according to the database provided by the Korea Land and Housing Corporation (LH).

Seoul previously provided 45,000 and 15,000 tons to the inter-Korean industrial park and Kaesong city