S.Korean Civic Group Visits NK to Deliver Anti-Malaria Aid

A group of South Koreans has returned from North Korea after delivering four-million won worth of anti-malaria aid. 

The trip marked the first South Korean civilian visit to the communist state since Seoul banned trips to North Korea three months ago. The ban was set in protest over the sinking of one of South Korea’s warships, the Cheonan, in March near their Yellow Sea border.

The five-member group from the Korean Sharing Movement arrived in Gaeseong via an overland route on Tuesday morning and returned in the afternoon after delivering the aid to the North.

The Unification Ministry said that the government approved the trip as anti-malaria efforts should be made for the Korean peninsula. However, it also noted that at the same time, Seoul's position and policy on the North in relation to the Cheonan case remain unchanged.