An inter-Korean excavation project just over the Northern side of the border is part of efforts to build a common awareness of history critical for future unification, a staff member involved told NK News.

“This project aims at making the two Koreas’ historical awareness closer,” said Shin Joon-young, secretary general at the Council of South and North Korean Historians. “It would not be a complete unification if both sides cannot share common awareness regarding same history.”

South Korean historians and archaeologists headed for Kaesong yesterday to excavate the historical site called Manwoldae, site of the Koryo dynasty’s (918-1392) royal