APD | South Korea largest aid provider of North Korea in 2019

By APD writer Alice

South Korea topped the world in 2019 for providing aid to North Korea, with about 1,475.7 billion won (approximately $9 million).

The figure was published on December 30 in a report by the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) on humanitarian aid to North Korea.

Specifically, South Korea provided North Korea with $5.5 million through the World Food Program (WFP) and about $ 3.5 million through the United Nations Children's Fund (UNCF).

In 2019, the total international aid to North Korea was about $39 million, the same level as in 2018.

South Korea also topped the list of 11 countries sending the most humanitarian aid to North Korea, followed by Switzerland ($8.3 million), Sweden ($5.15 million), Russia ($4 million), Canada ($1.15 million), Norway ($1.46 million), Germany ($1.24 million), France and Ireland ($110,000).

(ASIA PACIFIC DAILY)