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S Korea, DPRK to discuss resuming cross-border tours

(Xinhua)
Updated: 2010-02-03 15:49
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SEOUL: The Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) agreed late on Tuesday to hold working-level talks with South Korea on February 8 on resuming cross-border tours, the government said Wednesday.

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The DPRK's Korean Asia-Pacific Peace Committee notified Seoul's Ministry of Unification a day ago of its decision to send a three-member delegation from the committee to talk on resuming tours to its mountain resort and a border town, the unification ministry here said.

"We (South Korea) emphasized an authoritative official who can discuss security issues should head the DPRK's delegation," ministry spokesman Chun Hae-sung told reporters in a briefing.

Chun refused to specify the name of the government department that Seoul believes should be included in the delegation, saying it is "inappropriate" to do so.
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