South Korea to Give $8M in Aid to North Korea Despite Reports of Missile Launch Preparations

South Korea to Give $8M in Aid to North Korea Despite Reports of Missile Launch Preparations
North Korean leader Kim Jong-Un (C) in Pyongyang on Fe. 22, 2017. STR/AFP/Getty Images
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Amid reports that North Korea is preparing another ICBM launch, South Korea has decided to send aid to North Korea despite its threats to bomb Japan into the ocean and reduce the United States to ashes.

South Korea’s government-linked news agency was one of the first to report that Seoul was deciding whether to provide $8 million in aid to North Korea through United Nation agencies under the argument that humanitarian efforts are separate from political considerations.
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