"中, 시진핑 6월 방북 이후 北에 100만톤 식량지원 결정"<br /><br />China has decided to give 1 million tons of food assistance to North Korea after President Xi Jinping's visit to the regime in June.<br />That's according to Tokyo-based Asahi Shimbun on Tuesday, citing South Korean government officials and North Korea-China traders.<br />After the summit with Kim Jong-un in June, Beijing decided to give North Korea 1 million tons of food aid to North Korea, including corn and 800-thousand tons of rice.<br />And thanks to that temporary relief, the paper suggested the North might be even harsher towards South Korea.<br />Seoul had offered to provide 50-thousand tons of rice to the North via UN's World Food Programme, but the regime rejected it citing the Seoul-Washington joint military exercise.<br />
