Via the Joongang Ilbo: “Lee Jong-seok, the unification minister, put the official financial aid given by Seoul to Pyongyang at $1.7 billion during the Kim Dae-jung administration and his successor’s to date.
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- #Via AFP: “South Korea has lifted an overseas travel ban on Hwang Jang-Yop, the highest-ranking North Korean defector ever to come here and a harsh critic of the Pyongyang regime. . . Hwang, former secretary of the ruling Workers' Party and an ex-tutor of Kim Jong-Il, defected during a trip to Beijing in 1997.” His travel restriction was due to 10 years of pro-North ROK leadership, now over.
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October 13th, 2006 at 2:56 pm
That’s much, much lower than other estimates we’ve seen ($7B). Given Lee’s tenuous relationship with the truth, I question his stats.
Either way, a lot of money.
October 13th, 2006 at 11:59 pm
And just think, this is only the cash. There have been other South Korean tranfers to North Korea over the past 30 years or so….