WASHINGTON -- The United States will donate more than 50,000 tons of food to North Korea in what the Bush administration says is a humanitarian decision unrelated to efforts to get Pyongyang to end its nuclear weapons program.
The specific types of food will be determined in consultation with the World Food Program, which oversees distribution, State Department deputy spokesman Adam Ereli said yesterday.
Seeds and small tools might also be given, he said. ''Our objective is to help relieve the suffering of the North Korean people, despite our concerns about the North Korean government's policies."
