South Korea will deliver the sixth batch of relief supplies by ship to North Korea as early as next week.
A cargo ship, loaded with 500 tons of reinforced steel bars, five steam shovels and ten payloaders, is scheduled to leave the port of Incheon for the Chinese port of Dandong on Monday.
South Korea and the Red Cross also plan to send 5,000 tons of rice around May 15th as their seventh batch of relief supplies for the victims of the Ryongchon train blast.