RoK sends advance team to DPRK for family reunions
Officials from the Republic of Korea
travelled to the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK) on
September 21 to prepare for the forthcoming reunions between families,
the first in nearly two years, reported the Yonhap News Agency.
Officials from the Republic of Korea
travelled to the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK) on
September 21 to prepare for the forthcoming reunions between families,
the first in nearly two years, reported the Yonhap News Agency.
The 10-member advance team, comprising of Red Cross officials from the RoK, will make the administrative and technical preparations for the new round of family reunions scheduled for September 26 to Octorber 1, shortly before the Mid-Autumn festival, one of the two most important Korean traditional holidays, said the RoK’s Unification Ministry.
Two hundred people will be reunited with long-lost relatives during a week starting on September 26 at the Mount Kumgang resort, according to the Ministry.
The new round of family reunions separated by the 1950-53 war, was agreed on by the two Koreas in August. The family reunion programme began in 2000 after a historic inter-Korean summit. Since then, the two sides have held 16 rounds of face-to-face reunions and seven rounds of video exchanges.
The last reunions were held in October 2007. The programme was suspended as ties between Pyongyang and Seoul soured after RoK's conservative government under President Lee Myung-bak came to power in February 2008.
About 600,000 people from the RoK are believed to have relatives in the DPRK, according to the news agency./.
The 10-member advance team, comprising of Red Cross officials from the RoK, will make the administrative and technical preparations for the new round of family reunions scheduled for September 26 to Octorber 1, shortly before the Mid-Autumn festival, one of the two most important Korean traditional holidays, said the RoK’s Unification Ministry.
Two hundred people will be reunited with long-lost relatives during a week starting on September 26 at the Mount Kumgang resort, according to the Ministry.
The new round of family reunions separated by the 1950-53 war, was agreed on by the two Koreas in August. The family reunion programme began in 2000 after a historic inter-Korean summit. Since then, the two sides have held 16 rounds of face-to-face reunions and seven rounds of video exchanges.
The last reunions were held in October 2007. The programme was suspended as ties between Pyongyang and Seoul soured after RoK's conservative government under President Lee Myung-bak came to power in February 2008.
About 600,000 people from the RoK are believed to have relatives in the DPRK, according to the news agency./.
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