ROK aid to DPRK tops $1 billion since 1995

From the Korea Times:

South Korea’s economic assistance to North Korea in the first half of this year topped 141 billion won ($148 million), while the total government aid to the impoverished state since 1995 exceeded 1 trillion won ($1 billion).

According to government statistics on Sunday, the Unification Ministry gave assistance worth 141 billion won to the North in the first half of the year, the highest ever on a yearly basis. Last year’s assistance reached around 123 billion won, including rice aid.

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