The Unification Ministry says it is not considering providing flood aid to North Korea.
 
In a report to the National Assembly Tuesday, the ministry said that its basic stance is to provide humanitarian aid to North Koreans in desperate need, such as infants, children and pregnant women. It added, however, that the exact timing and scale of the aid must be determined carefully.
 
For the peaceful reunification of the Korean Peninsula, the ministry pledged to focus on leading North Korea to change and denuclearize itself by consistently pursuing the government’s Korean Peninsula trust process. 

The ministry also stressed that with a firm zero tolerance policy toward the North’s nuclear armament, it will seek stronger sanctions and pressure on Pyongyang in cooperation with the international community.
 
The ministry said that it will relentlessly punish the North for wrongful acts to make it realize that it can never achieve what it wants through nuclear development and provocations. At the same time, the ministry vowed to maintain its position that a denuclearized North Korea is a precondition for resuming inter-Korean dialogue and exchanges.