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North Korea Receives First Humanitarian Aid Since Pyongyang's Nuclear Test

© AP Photo / Wong Maye-EA North Korean woman walks down the streets of Pyongyang, North Korea on Tuesday, Dec. 1, 2015 where the winter season has started
A North Korean woman walks down the streets of Pyongyang, North Korea on Tuesday, Dec. 1, 2015 where the winter season has started - Sputnik International
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The first delivery of humanitarian aid has been made to North Korea since the imposition of sanctions against Pyongyang following it's fourth nuclear test, carried out in January, local media reported Friday.

TOKYO (Sputnik) — The Eugene Bell Foundation, which is helping the North combat tuberculosis, stated that despite the tensions on the Korean Peninsula, it managed to successfully deliver multi-drug-resistant tuberculosis medications and treatment supplies to North Korea, Yonhap news agency reported.

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The medications have been awaiting shipment to the North from South Korea since February, after Seoul imposed sanctions against Pyongyang, although pledging they would not affect humanitarian aid.

According to the private aid agency, some 1,500 people in North Korea require treatment for tuberculosis.

Tensions on the Korean Peninsula escalated after North Korea successfully carried out a hydrogen bomb test in early January and put a satellite into orbit a month later, violating UN Security Council resolutions and triggering condemnation from the international community.

On March 2, the Security Council adopted the toughest sanctions imposed against North Korea in the past decade. The latest restrictions make all cargo going to and from the country subject to inspections and limit or prohibit the nation's export of coal, iron, gold, titanium and rare natural minerals.

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