DPRK accepts South Korean medical aid

The DPRK has accepted a medical aid package from South Korea to help cope with the A/H1N1 flu outbreak.

South Korean Unification Minister, Hyun In-taek, said on Thursday that Seoul had offered "unconditional" medical aid in terms of humanitarian help.

He added South Korea is willing to provide enough medical aid for the DPRK to cope with its early stages of the outbreak. The DPRK reported nine people had been infected by the flu on Wednesday.

The DPRK has accepted a medical aid package from South Korea to help cope with the A/H1N1 flu outbreak.