South Korea reciprocated North Korea's gesture with 200 tons of tangerines.
200 tons of tangerines, packed in 20,000 crates, will be transported to North Korea by C-130 transport aircraft in multiple flights over two days, November 11-12.
The South Korean presidential office announced today (November 11) that the country will send 200 tons of tangerines to North Korea as a reciprocal gesture for North Korean leader Kim Jong-un's gift of 2 tons of precious mushrooms to South Korean President Moon Jae-in in September.
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| A C-130 transport plane carrying tangerines arrives in North Korea. Photo: Yonhap News. |
According to a spokesperson for the President's Office, a military transport plane carried the first shipment of tangerines from Jeju Island to Pyongyang at 8:00 a.m. on November 11.
Vice Minister of Unification Chun Hae-sung and Presidential Secretary for Unification Policy Suh Ho jointly supervised this first shipment.
South Korean officials said that 200 tons of tangerines, packed in 20,000 boxes, will be transported to North Korea on multiple flights over two days, November 11-12, aboard four C-130 transport aircraft.
Earlier, on September 20th, North Korean leader Kim Jong-un gifted South Korean President Moon Jae-in 2 tons of rare pine mushrooms as a token of appreciation for his participation in the 3rd inter-Korean summit in Pyongyang. This special gift arrived in South Korea even before President Moon Jae-in returned from North Korea after his three-day visit.
