By Kim Kwang-tae
SEOUL, Aug. 1 (Yonhap) -- South Korea said Monday it has approved a request by a civic organization to send anti-malaria supplies to North Korea.

   The move would clear the way for a group called Korean Sharing Movement to deliver two pieces of ultrasonic diagnostic equipment to the North next Wednesday.

   Under the current law, South Koreans are required to get the government's endorsement before meeting with North Koreans and giving aid to the North.

   The latest aid comes days after South Korea's private relief agencies delivered 400 tons of flour to the North to help relieve chronic food shortages in the communist country.

   South Korea has imposed sanctions on the North in retaliation for the March sinking of a South Korean warship and the November shelling of a South Korean border island.

   The two attacks killed 50 South Koreans and heightened public animosity against Pyongyang, though Seoul has selectively approved humanitarian and medical aid to North Korea.

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