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The UN World Food Program is asking Seoul to send food aid to North Korea. North Korea asked the WFP for food aid in mid-May, and the WFP sent a letter to South Korea last Monday, the Ministry of Unification said on Sunday.
The WFP did not specify the amount of food it wants South Korea to provide, the ministry said. The government will consider whether to give food aid to the North after taking into consideration the concrete food condition of North Korea, which will be disclosed based on the WFP's analysis, and public opinion on the issue.
The South Korean government said earlier it could give food aid to the impoverished North even if there is no direct request amid strained relations between the two Koreas if reports that the food situation is reaching famine point are confirmed.
Seoul gave about 100,000 tons of corn to North Korea every year through the WFP from 2001 to 2004. In 2007, Seoul sent about 32,000 tons of food, including soybean and corn, to the North through the WFP.
(englishnews@chosun.com )
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