ROK, DPRK to meet over troubled tour project

19:53, 11 July 2011

SEOUL. July 11. KAZINFORM Republic of Korea (ROK) and the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) agreed Monday to meet later this week over a troubled cross-border tour project, officials here said; Kazinform refers to China Daily.

The DPRK accepted ROK's proposal for an inter-Korean meeting aimed at discussing property issues at their joint mountain resort and suggested they meet Wednesday at Mount Kumgang just north of the border, tours to which were suspended in 2008 after a shooting death of a ROK's tourist there.

Seoul plans to send five government officials and five businessmen to the resort, according to the unification ministry, which oversees inter-Korean affairs.

The move comes after a fruitless visit to the scenic mountain in June by a team of ROK's government officials and businessmen. The rare visit was made at the request of the DPRK, which proposed discussions on "the matter of disposing" seized ROK's properties, but achieved little progress; Kazinform cites China Daily.

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