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News Kumgang reopening not linked to family reunions, South insistsThe South is arguing that the issue of family reunions is a strictly humanitarian one Discussions about the resumption of South Korean tours to the Mt. Kumgang resort in North Korea are not related to upcoming talks on inter-Korean family reunions, South Korea's Ministry of Unification insisted on Wednesday. "Seoul's stance calls for the family reunions taking place immediately after an agreement is reached and that the negotiations should be pushed independent of the Mount Kumgang talks," unification ministry spokeswoman Park Soo-jin said in remarks carried Wednesday by Yonhap News. © Korea Risk Group. All rights reserved. |