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Tensions and threatens from the North, South Korea plans to send humanitarian aid to North Korea


South Korean President Moon Jae-in speaks during a press conference marking his first 100 days in office at the presidential house in Seoul, Aug. 17, 2017. Source: VOA News - https://www.voanews.com/a/south-korea-to-send-aid-to-north-korea/4038060.html


Despite the tensions over North Korea’s escalating nuclear and military threat, South Korea’s approved to send $8 million humanitarian aid to North Korea and the exact timing will be announced later . The geopolitical tension within both neighbouring countries, does not affect the aid policy that made after a meeting of government officials chaired by Unification Minister Cho Myong-gyon. The exact specification amount of aid will be announced, yet the disapproval from both international communities and the people of the South, has dragged down the decision to sending aid to the North and need some consideration due to political reasons. 

In some point, what Moon have said that aid was something to be considered separately to from political issues is true. Yet, it is the matter of which party will receive the aid and the long term impact of the aid itself. Providing humanitarian aid will minimize the sanctions and help the stabilization of Kim’s government to continue focusing its resources and revenue into nuclear and missile development; which something that the international community trying so hard to combat this issue.  

After all, despite the urge to support programs by the United Nations Children’s Fund and the U.N. World Food Program for providing food and medicines to North Korean children and pregnant women, the decision to give humanitarian aid to North Koreans still a big concerns and continue in a political debate. This aid would distract the efforts to step up sanctions and pressure towards the North over its rapidly developed nuclear weapons program. (Barbara Claire) 

Source: 
Reuters; accessed Wednesday, September 27, 2017.
VOA News; accessed Wednesday, September 27, 2017. 
Associated Press; accessed Friday, September 29, 2017   
  
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