US suspends food aid to NKorea: Pentagon official

WASHINGTON: The United States has suspended food aid to North Korea because Pyongyang violated a deal to refrain from missile launches and cannot be trusted to deliver the assistance to those who need it, a Pentagon official said Wednesday.

A planned rocket launch next month by North Korea "reflects their lack of desire to follow through on their international commitments, and so we've been forced to suspend our activities to provide nutritional assistance to North Korea," Peter Lavoy, acting assistant secretary of defense for Asian and Pacific affairs, told lawmakers.(AFP)