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NASDAQ delayed by at least 15 minutes. For a complete list of exchanges and delays, please click here. North Korea asks South for help despite tensions Tweet This Share on LinkedIn Share on Facebook Related News North Korea to release South fishing boat Mon, Sep 6 2010 N.Korea seeks stronger ties with China Wed, Sep 1 2010 South Korea offers North aid, China wants nuclear talks Tue, Aug 31 2010 Obama widens U.S. sanctions on North Korea Mon, Aug 30 2010 South Korea offers flood ravaged North aid Mon, Aug 30 2010 Analysis & Opinion Moody’s on Korea risk Related Topics World » North Korea » 1 / 2 A crew member (C) of a South Korean fishing boat, the 55 Daesung, cries as he hugs his family members upon his return, at a port of the Sokcho Maritime Police in Sokcho, about 290 km (181 miles) northeast of Seoul September 7, 2010. North Korea on Tuesday released the seven-man crew of a South Korean fishing boat, including three Chinese, at the maritime border of the two Koreas in the East Sea after the North captured the boat which they say illegally entered its waters on August 8, 2010, according to the North's KCNA news agency and local South Korean media. Credit: Reuters/Lee Jae-Won By Jeremy Laurence SEOUL | Tue Sep 7, 2010 8:50am EDT SEOUL (Reuters) - Destitute North Korea has asked its wealthy neighbor for rice aid following severe flooding this year, the South's Unification Ministry said on Tuesday, a sign of easing tensions on the peninsula. The request came after Seoul last week offered to provide 10 billion won ($8.5 million) in emergency aid -- including food, relief materials and first aid kits. That offer did not include rice or construction equipment, as per the North's request. Having been in a tense standoff since the sinking of one of South Korea's navy ships in March, if the rivals can agree on a package it will be the first large scale aid shipment from Seoul since the incident. Conservative South Korean President Lee Myung-bak on Tuesday called the move to send aid to the North "a step forward," local media reports said. Lee halted rice aid to the North when he took office in 2008, demanding Pyongyang first give up its nuclear ambitions in a move which heralded the start of the frostiest relations between the two states in a decade. Talk of a resumption in aid and the North's decision on Monday to release a South Korean fishing boat and its seven-man crew after a month in captivity indicates a slight thaw in frigid ties between the states which are still technically at war. "This is a signal between the two Koreas of a pause in their tensions," said Moon Hong-sik at the South's Institute for National Security Strategy. The fishing vessel and its crew, including three Chinese, were being handed over late on Tuesday. Pyongyang's request for aid was made through the North's Red Cross on the weekend, the Unification Ministry said in a statement. The request is being reviewed, it said. Heavy rains in July and August have hit food production that even in a good year falls a million tonnes short of the amount needed to feed the North's 23 million people. South Korea has been reluctant to give rice to the North because it is worried it won't reach the people who need it most. The United States has expanded financial sanctions against the North amid signs that the isolated state, under intense economic pressure stemming from international condemnation for its provocations, is hoping for a resumption of aid-for-disarmament talks. South Korea had all but shut the door on dialogue with the North after the sinking of its navy ship, demanding an apology and a pledge not to repeat armed aggression, but it has come under domestic pressure to offer humanitarian assistance. The apparent thaw comes as the North gears up for the biggest meeting of its ruling Workers' Party in 30 years this week, possibly to anoint Kim Jong-il's youngest son as successor. ($1=1,171.1 Won) (Additional reporting by Jack Kim; Editing by David Fox) World North Korea Comments See All Comments (2) | Post Comment Sep 07, 2010 9:48am EDT Under the DPRK’s longstanding “Military First” policy, the army has top priority in the allocation of food resources. Therefore the fear that the donated food will not actually go to the people who need it most is well-justified. Randy549 Report As Abusive Sep 07, 2010 10:20am EDT The South Koreans should continue to withhold rice for three reasons: (1) If sent, it will most likely be distributed to the NK politicos in Pyongyang with small remnants scattered to the masses in the outlying communities; (2) Withholding it will further force NK to comply with demands from the South Koreans. It may also assist in creating the panic and catalyst necessary among the NK population to create internal chaos. (3) The North Koreans will continue to consider the South weak if the South once again falls into the trap of allowing their country to be manipulated by the North. South Korea will send the rice anyway because they are good people and care about the impoverished, starving masses. NK will use the rice shipment as a way to bolster the successor’s image. That’s actually another primary reason why they want the shipment, so their political machinery can take a photo op of Kim Jong-Il’s son standing in front of a massive rice heap with the caption: “Adored new leader strengthens DPRK by cultivating his own rice crop and distributing it to the people who love him.” I say NO RICE. Yes, it will cause more hunger and starvation. Unfortunately, there will need to be more suffering in the North before those people break away from the Juche spell and understand they can no longer live under the hand of an evil and insane ruler. The eventual internal strife and suffering is necessary to instigate the preceding desperation to move the masses to overthrow the regime. finneganG Report As Abusive See All Comments (2) Add a Comment *We welcome comments that advance the story directly or with relevant tangential information. 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