South Korea offers to help North Korea in worst ever drought but on one condition

Past times: South Korean soldiers led a convoy of trucks carrying rice to North Korea in 2004

With North Korea suffering from one of the worst droughts in its history, neighbouring country South Korea has offered a helping hand - but on one condition.
They have to ask for their help.
The recent admission through the Korean Central News Agency was a very unusual step from the famously isolationist authority, and many are convinced it was their way of reaching out.
Despite the frosty relationship between the two states, reports that thousands are at risk of starvation in the Communist state have persuaded the Seoul government in South Korea to offer aid, reports the Korea Times.
South Korean Foreign Minister and inter-Korean relations expert Hong Yong-pyo said they will be on hand if aid is requested, according to the Yonhap News Agency.
“At a time when the two Koreas are coping with drought, I think that this situation can be a chance to promote cooperation,” Hong told reporters during a briefing.
 

With North Korea suffering from one of the worst droughts in its history, neighbouring country South Korea has offered a helping hand - but on one condition.
They have to ask for their help.
The recent admission through the Korean Central News Agency was a very unusual step from the famously isolationist authority, and many are convinced it was their way of reaching out.
Despite the frosty relationship between the two states, reports that thousands are at risk of starvation in the Communist state have persuaded the Seoul government in South Korea to offer aid, reports the Korea Times.
South Korean Foreign Minister and inter-Korean relations expert Hong Yong-pyo said they will be on hand if aid is requested, according to the Yonhap News Agency.
“At a time when the two Koreas are coping with drought, I think that this situation can be a chance to promote cooperation,” Hong told reporters during a briefing.

“If North Korea faces tougher situations, South Korea is willing to provide the necessary support to North Korea.”
Kim Jong-un has so far remained immune to the offers, instead being photographed in increasingly more bizarre and expensive surroundings like a gleaming modern new airport in North Korean capital Pyongyang and in a lab where he claimed to have cured Aids, Ebola, Sars and Mers.
Although South Korea has stepped forward, the US is standing apart from the aid, after the food aid it offered in 2012 - on condition of a cessation of the nuclear weapons program and missile development - was withdrawn when North Korea violated the agreement.
North Korea's ally China are ready to step in, but the circumstances have not yet been confirmed.
The United Nations recently reported that about 70 percent of North Korea’s population of 24.6 million people is significantly affected by food shortages.