一个韩国人权组织说，看来中国在本月早些时候向贫穷的朝鲜提供了大批食品。设在首尔的“被绑架者和脱北者人权公民联盟”的代表说，中国在农历新年假期前向孤立的朝鲜政府运送了大米和其他援助。
星 期二，该联盟公布了据称在中国境内紧邻朝鲜的图门拍摄的照片。该联盟的代表说，这些照片是该联盟成员一月12号在图门的海关拍摄的。照片显示，一列30 辆卡车的车队，装满了大米，准备进入朝鲜。这位代表告诉美国之音，在这个时期，从中国向朝鲜运送这样大批的物资很罕见。
A South Korean human rights group says China apparently delivered large amounts of food aid to impoverished North Korea earlier this month.
Do Hee-yoon, a representative of the Seoul-based Citizens Coalition for the Human Rights of Abductees and North Korean Refugees, says China shipped rice, and possibly other aid to isolated regime for about 10 days before the Lunar New Year holiday.
Tuesday the group released photographs it says were taken by its members at customs stations in Tumen, on the Chinese side of the border. The photos, which Do says were taken on January 12th, show a convoy of 30-ton trucks stacked with rice waiting to enter North Korea.
Do tells VOA that such deliveries this time of year from China to North Korea are rare.