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S. Korean team visits N. Korea to check facilities for family reunions

By Yonhap

Published : June 27, 2018 - 09:46

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SEOUL/GOSEONG -- A group of South Korean officials and civilian workers visited North Korea on Wednesday to check facilities for the planned reunions of families separated by the 1950-53 Korean War, Seoul's unification ministry said.

Led by Kim Byung-dae, a senior ministry official in charge of humanitarian cooperation, the 20-member team crossed the eastern border to visit Mount Kumgang on the North's east coast, the venue for the reunions slated for Aug. 20-26.

A South Korean delegation arrives at the eastern Customs, Immigration, and Quarantine Office in Gangwon Province on June 27 to visit North Korea to check facilities for the reunions of separated families slated for August. (Yonhap) A South Korean delegation arrives at the eastern Customs, Immigration, and Quarantine Office in Gangwon Province on June 27 to visit North Korea to check facilities for the reunions of separated families slated for August. (Yonhap)

"We will thoroughly examine the facilities to ensure that we can hold the reunion event without any problem," Kim said.

The team will check hotels, reunion rooms and facilities related to power generation.

The facilities have been left unused since the last reunions in October 2015.

A man watches on as candidates for a reunion with families in North Korea are chosen at the Red Cross headquarters in central Seoul, Monday. (Yonhap) A man watches on as candidates for a reunion with families in North Korea are chosen at the Red Cross headquarters in central Seoul, Monday. (Yonhap)

On Friday, Red Cross officials of the two Koreas agreed to hold the reunions in line with the April 27 cross-border summit agreement. The reunions will involve 100 families from each side.

The two Koreas are scheduled to exchange their final lists of participants by Aug. 4. (Yonhap)

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