S. Korea to provide $8 mil. worth of food support to N. Korea

South Korea said Friday that it has decided to offer food support for North Korea worth $8 million.Unification Ministry spokesman Lee Sang Min said the funds will be provided through the U.N. World Food Program and the U.N. Children's Fund, or UNICEF, and will mainly be used to help highly vulnerable groups including children and pregnant women.David Beasley, executive director of the World Food Program, visited Seoul earlier this week to brief South Korean ministers about the food security situation in North Korea, while seeking humanitarian support.Earlier this month, the two U.N. agencie…READ FULL ARTICLE