How Much? II
It must be that famous South Korean spine
Unification Minister Lee Jong-seok on Monday said leaving rice out of assistance for flood-devastated North Korea simply because Seoul suspended rice aid over the country’s recent missile tests was unconscionable. “It’s inappropriate to impose standards that prohibit sending rice but permit ramyeon (instant noodles) to relieve the starvation of North Koreans.”
That suggests the government may lift the freeze on rice aid. A government official later explained the policy to suspend the rice aid agreed before the missile tests has not changed. “Even if rice is sent, it would be in the form of emergency relief” after torrential rains last month killed hundreds in the North, the official said.
The floods are said to “last for years“.
