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ROK, DPRK to hold talks ahead of family reunions
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October 26, 2010, Tuesday
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The Republic of Korea and the Democratic People's Republic of Korea are set to hold two-day Red Cross talks beginning today over reuniting families separated by the civil war decades ago.
"We'll try to make some good accomplishments (from the talks), " Kim Yong-hyun, leader of the three-member South Korean delegation, was quoted by local media as saying before leaving for the DPRK border city of Kaesong, the venue for the meeting.
The two sides recently held a series of working-level contacts to discuss holding what would be the first family reunions in a year, but failed to narrow their differences over tying the event to a resumption of cross-border tours, suspended after a shooting death of a South Korean tourist in 2008.
Pyongyang had proposed that the Koreas discuss "humanitarian issues" during the talks, which local media say hints at reopening the tour programs in exchange for more chances for reunions.
Seoul, while sticking to its position that the reunion and the cross-border tours are two separate matters, is willing to discuss "small-scale humanitarian aid" to the DPRK, Kim reportedly said.
One hundred people from each side of the border will be given a rare chance for rendezvous during family reunions slated for October 30-November 5. The oldest participant is a 97-year-old South Korean woman, who is to meet her 65-year-old daughter living in the North.
The last family reunions were held in September 2009, the 16th such meetings.
"We'll try to make some good accomplishments (from the talks), " Kim Yong-hyun, leader of the three-member South Korean delegation, was quoted by local media as saying before leaving for the DPRK border city of Kaesong, the venue for the meeting.
The two sides recently held a series of working-level contacts to discuss holding what would be the first family reunions in a year, but failed to narrow their differences over tying the event to a resumption of cross-border tours, suspended after a shooting death of a South Korean tourist in 2008.
Pyongyang had proposed that the Koreas discuss "humanitarian issues" during the talks, which local media say hints at reopening the tour programs in exchange for more chances for reunions.
Seoul, while sticking to its position that the reunion and the cross-border tours are two separate matters, is willing to discuss "small-scale humanitarian aid" to the DPRK, Kim reportedly said.
One hundred people from each side of the border will be given a rare chance for rendezvous during family reunions slated for October 30-November 5. The oldest participant is a 97-year-old South Korean woman, who is to meet her 65-year-old daughter living in the North.
The last family reunions were held in September 2009, the 16th such meetings.
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