In response to North Korea's devastating artillery attack on Yeonpyeong Island on Tuesday, South Korea has suspended aid shipments of food and cement to the North's flood-stricken Sinuiju region.
Seoul's Unification Ministry announced on Wednesday that the South Korean Red Cross' delivery of 3,700 tons of cement and US$506,000 worth of medical supplies in China's Dandong has been halted.
Nearly $2.4 million worth of private sector-led humanitarian aid to vulnerable groups in North Korea awaiting shipment has also been suspended.
A day earlier, the Ministry banned South Koreans from visiting the Kaesong Industrial Complex and the Mt. Kumgang resort area.
