South Korea will simplify the import procedures for North Korean processed food in an effort to help resume inter-Korean trade at the private level, the unification ministry said Friday. The unification ministry, in consultation with other government agencies, drew up revisions to the enforcement decree related to inter-Korean exchange and other regulations in a bid to help facilitate imports of North Korean processed foods, according to ministry officials. Under the revised measure, importers of North Korean foods will be required to submit import documents at the import approval stage, rather than at the import declaration state, to prevent delays that have often occurred when importers failed to meet import declaration requirements even after obtaining approval. The envisioned laws also allow importers of North Korean foods to use alternative documents when registering production facilities with the food safety agency, rather than the government documents generally required from exporting countries. The revisions reflect the currently suspended state of inter-Korean relations, which m