http://www.nytimes.com/2016/09/20/world/asia/south-korea-north-flooding-aid.html 2016-09-20 10:06:02 South Korea Says It’s Unlikely to Help North Recover From Flood The North had not asked for help, the South Korean government said, reaffirming its hard-line stance after the North’s fifth nuclear test this month. === SEOUL, South Korea — North Korea has mobilized soldiers and workers in internal relief efforts for an estimated 140,000 victims in its northern provinces after torrential rains last month caused what it has described as some of the worst flooding in its history. International relief agencies like the United Nations World Food Program have also sent On Monday, the South Korean government said it would not help. “North Korea has not asked for help, and we don’t expect it to,” Jeong Joon-hee, a spokesman for the South’s Unification Ministry, said at a news briefing. “Even if it does, I think, given the present situation, that the possibility of providing aid is low.” News of flooding and extensive damage in the impoverished North has prompted many in the South to call for sending humanitarian aid. Despite North Korea’s frequent provocations and its pursuit of The flooding hit near North Korea’s border with China, the poorest region in the country. Mr. Jeong said on Monday that North Korea was not helping itself by On Tuesday, North Korea said it had conducted the ground test of a new long-range rocket engine used to put a satellite into orbit, an effort long considered by Washington and the United Nations Security Council to be a cover for developing an intercontinental ballistic missile.