South Korea to send rice, concrete to North

Citing progress in disarmament talks for resuming aid it had suspended due to Pyongyang's nuclear test last year, South Korea will send cement, rice and construction equipment to North Korea.

South Korea's decision to send aid to the impoverished North comes as six-way talks aimed at ending Pyongyang's pursuit of atomic weapons stall in Beijing due to a deadlock over frozen North Korean funds at a Macau bank.