North Korea’s latest ballistic missile launch came just one day after South Korea reaffirmed its intention to extend US$8 million in aid to the North, acco
North Korea’s latest ballistic missile launch came just one day after South Korea reaffirmed its intention to extend US$8 million in aid to the North, according to reports. Previously, U. S. President Donald Trump criticized Seoul’s approach to North Korea as failed appeasement.
On Thursday, South Korea announced that it is still committed to the original plan of donating US$8 million worth of aid to North Korea, despite a string of recent military provocations from the Kim Jong-un regime in the north that have included the firing of a ballistic missile over Japan in August and a nuclear test on Sept. 3.
The aid is part of United Nations humanitarian programs that consist of $4.5 million meant for providing nutrition to North Korean hospitals and day care centers, and another $3.5 million to UN Children’s Fund projects for supplying vaccines and medicine.
Less than 24 hours after the announcement, North Korea fired yet another ballistic missile on Friday that flew over Japan and landed in the Pacific Ocean, using a trajectory similar to the Sept. 3 missile launch.
President Moon Jae-in of South Korea, who came into office in May, is widely noted to be a moderate when it comes to dealing with North Korean aggression.
