SEOUL, Dec. 6 (Yonhap/APP):South Korea will donate US$5 million to the World Health Organization (WHO) for a humanitarian assistance project in North Korea to increase access to medical treatment for women and children, the unification ministry said Friday. The decision marks the first time for South Korea to make donations to WHO in five years. It also came as inter-Korean relations and cross-border exchanges have been stalled amid little progress in denuclearization talks between North Korea and the United States. “WHO has expressed a desire to resume its medical support project for women and children, which was suspended in 2014, and has been in discussions with our government on relevant assistance plans,” the ministry said in a press release. “The government decided to make the donations based on the determination that the project would help contribute to lowering the mortality rates of infants and their mothers,” it added. The decision was made by a committee of government officials and civilian experts that is in charge of reviewing and approving inter-Korean projects. They have reviewed the government’s donation plan for a week. South Korea had made donations to WHO until 2014, but they were suspended ever since due to chilled inter-Korean … Continue reading S. Korea to donate US$5 mln for WHO’s assistance in N. Korea