The Korea Times

Jeju Province sends dialysis machines, citrus saplings, other supplies to N. Korea

The Jeju provincial government said Monday it has recently sent dialysis machines, tangerine saplings and other supplies to North Korea as part of an inter-Korean cooperation project. The items, worth 160 million won ($104,000), arrived in North Korea's western port of Nampho on May 4 after they were shipped from South Korea's western port of Incheon on April 1 via the Chinese port of Dalian, according to the province. The provincial government said it submitted an application to the unification ministry on March 9 to send the items to North Korea, which included the medical equipment, forestry pesticide and saplings of Hallabong, a type of citrus fruit grown on Jeju. It said the items were sent through cooperation with a North Korean support group for the disabled but noted that it has yet to receive confirmation from the North Korean side on their arrival. The provincial government said it began pushing for the project after Gov. Oh Young-hun discussed inter-Korean cooperation projects when he met Unification Minister Chung Dong-young last November. In February, a provincial delegation