The Washington Post says North Korea will allow Korean-speaking staff to monitor the distribution of planned U.S. food aid.

The daily reported Sunday that Pyongyang also agreed to increase the number of the monitoring staff to 65 from 50.

Korean-speaking staff had not been allowed to monitor U.S. aid distribution and Pyongyang had required Washington to notify its inspection and monitoring activities six to ten days in advance.

The U.S. said Friday that it will send 500,000 metric tons of emergency food aid to the North over the next year under a deal permitting better monitoring of delivery.