S. Korea readying for future inter-Korean talks, setting liaison office in Kaesong
- 6 years ago
The South Korean government is gearing up to implement the agreements reached during last week's high-level inter-Korean talks.
Seoul's Unification Ministry plans to send its officials to the North to check sites for establishing a joint liaison office... while the culture ministry is working on the agenda for inter-Korean sports cooperation.
Oh Jung-hee has the details.
South Korea will soon send officials to check the Kaesong Industrial Complex... where the two Koreas have agreed to establish a joint liaison office at Friday's high-level talks.
The complex is the two Koreas' joint industrial park located at the inter-Korean border.
But because it's been shut down since February 2016,... some pre-work needs to be done to set up offices there.
Seoul's unification ministry says the officials will go and check the site to prepare for necessary renovations... and establish a temporary liaison office first.
"A joint liaison office will station officials from both Seoul and Pyongyang. It's a symbol of inter-Korean interaction taking place on the northern side of the border. We expect it to be a groundbreaking measure that leads to stable improvement of inter-Korean relations."
Meanwhile, South Korea's culture ministry is prepping for the inter-Korean sports talks slated for June 18th.
Main talking points are forming unified teams for 2018 Asian Games to be held in Indonesia this August... as well as holding an inter-Korean basketball game.
Seoul also plans to invite Pyongyang's athletes to participate in the World Shooting Championship... that's to take place in South Korea late August.
The ministry says... it expects the two Koreas to engage more on a working-level after the sports talks -- to discuss cultural interaction like publishing a joint Korean language dictionary.
Other than these schedules,... the two Koreas have a couple more events on their way.
A general-level military talks will be held on June 14th to lower tensions on the Korean Peninsula... and the Red Cross Talks will be held on June 22nd for arranging reunions of war-torn families.
The locations of the meetings have all been determined.
A joint event that Seoul and Pyongyang hoped to hold on June 15th -- to mark 18 years of their first summit agreement in 2000 -- is unlikely to happen... as June is already jam-packed with schedules for both Koreas.
Oh Jung-hee, Arirang News.
Seoul's Unification Ministry plans to send its officials to the North to check sites for establishing a joint liaison office... while the culture ministry is working on the agenda for inter-Korean sports cooperation.
Oh Jung-hee has the details.
South Korea will soon send officials to check the Kaesong Industrial Complex... where the two Koreas have agreed to establish a joint liaison office at Friday's high-level talks.
The complex is the two Koreas' joint industrial park located at the inter-Korean border.
But because it's been shut down since February 2016,... some pre-work needs to be done to set up offices there.
Seoul's unification ministry says the officials will go and check the site to prepare for necessary renovations... and establish a temporary liaison office first.
"A joint liaison office will station officials from both Seoul and Pyongyang. It's a symbol of inter-Korean interaction taking place on the northern side of the border. We expect it to be a groundbreaking measure that leads to stable improvement of inter-Korean relations."
Meanwhile, South Korea's culture ministry is prepping for the inter-Korean sports talks slated for June 18th.
Main talking points are forming unified teams for 2018 Asian Games to be held in Indonesia this August... as well as holding an inter-Korean basketball game.
Seoul also plans to invite Pyongyang's athletes to participate in the World Shooting Championship... that's to take place in South Korea late August.
The ministry says... it expects the two Koreas to engage more on a working-level after the sports talks -- to discuss cultural interaction like publishing a joint Korean language dictionary.
Other than these schedules,... the two Koreas have a couple more events on their way.
A general-level military talks will be held on June 14th to lower tensions on the Korean Peninsula... and the Red Cross Talks will be held on June 22nd for arranging reunions of war-torn families.
The locations of the meetings have all been determined.
A joint event that Seoul and Pyongyang hoped to hold on June 15th -- to mark 18 years of their first summit agreement in 2000 -- is unlikely to happen... as June is already jam-packed with schedules for both Koreas.
Oh Jung-hee, Arirang News.