Danish aid group sends W280 million-worth of food aid to North Korea

In this March 13, 2019, photo, a worker walks among stacks of food at Kumkhop Trading Co. food factory in Pyongyang, North Korea. AP-Yonhap

An aid group from Denmark recently provided more than 600 tons of food in humanitarian aid to North Korea, according to a report, Saturday.

Mission East sent 636 tons of corn and beans, worth 280 million won (US$234,000), to the impoverished North, Radio Free Asia reported.

The aid was delivered by truck via China.

The report said the aid was designated to feed 33,000 children in the country's northwestern Pyongan Province. (Yonhap)

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