S. Korea says North ready to accept flood aid
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Residents wait on the balcony of a flooded building in Anju City, South Phyongan Province, North Korea on Monday, July 30, 2012. North Korea has said it is ready to accept official flood relief from South Korea, but has asked for more details on the aid package being offered, a government official in Seoul said on Monday. -- PHOTO: AP
SEOUL (AFP) - North Korea has said it is ready to accept official flood relief from South Korea, but has asked for more details on the aid package being offered, a government official in Seoul said on Monday.
A spokesman for the South's Unification Ministry said the North had responded to Seoul's aid proposal in a message sent through the Red Cross at the Panmunjom truce village on their heavily-militarised border.
"It said it was ready to accept aid, but asked us to present a detailed plan about items our side plans to send," the spokesman said.
South Korea had made its proposal last week - the first such aid offer since ties with Pyongyang sank into a deep freeze following the death of the North's leader Kim Jong Il last December.
