UPDATE 32 (2012-1-27): According to an article in the New York Times, inter-Korean trade and aid declined in 2011: On Friday, the South’s Unification Ministry said that South Korean aid to the North fell to 19.6 billion won, or $17.5 million, last year [2011], down more than 51 percent from a year earlier [2010]. Inter-Korean … Continue reading 2011 ROK aid to the DPRK