President Moon Jae-in announces five-member delegation that will visit N. Korea on Wednesday
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Let's start with the ongoing diplomacy between the two Koreas.
We now know the team that South Korea will be sending to Pyongyang this week,... and it includes some familiar faces.
The delegation will help to lay the groundwork for the planned inter-Korean summit later this month.
Cha Sang-mi starts us off.
Seoul's top office on Sunday named the high-level officials who will be dispatched to Pyongyang to work out the details for the third summit between President Moon Jae-in and North Korean leader Kim Jong-un.
The five-member group traveling to Pyongyang will be headed by National Security Adviser Chung Eui-yong as chief envoy.
The others are key officials in charge of inter-Korean affairs: the National Intelligence Service chief ( ) Suh Hoon, vice minister of unification Chun Hae-Sung;... NIS deputy chief Kim Sang-gyun, and Yun Kun-young, the presidential secretary for state affairs.
"The delegation will set off for North Korea on the fifth... via the direct route on the western side of the Peninsula,... and they'll return to the South the same day. In view of the importance of their visit, the delegates are the same as last time."
These five officials went to Pyongyang in March to arrange the historic Panmunjom summit.
Their main agenda, the spokesman said, is to discuss ways to develop inter-Korean ties in a way that does not violate UN sanctions,... and to find a comprehensive way to implement the April 27th Panmunjom Declaration -- namely, to officially end the war and denuclearize the Korean Peninsula.
As for why the visit will only last a day, the Blue House said that, unlike their first visit in March, the two Koreas have built trust since then, making a one-day visit possible.
The spokesman didn't say whether the team will be meeting with North Korean leader Kim Jong-un.
Cha Sang-mi, Arirang News.
We now know the team that South Korea will be sending to Pyongyang this week,... and it includes some familiar faces.
The delegation will help to lay the groundwork for the planned inter-Korean summit later this month.
Cha Sang-mi starts us off.
Seoul's top office on Sunday named the high-level officials who will be dispatched to Pyongyang to work out the details for the third summit between President Moon Jae-in and North Korean leader Kim Jong-un.
The five-member group traveling to Pyongyang will be headed by National Security Adviser Chung Eui-yong as chief envoy.
The others are key officials in charge of inter-Korean affairs: the National Intelligence Service chief ( ) Suh Hoon, vice minister of unification Chun Hae-Sung;... NIS deputy chief Kim Sang-gyun, and Yun Kun-young, the presidential secretary for state affairs.
"The delegation will set off for North Korea on the fifth... via the direct route on the western side of the Peninsula,... and they'll return to the South the same day. In view of the importance of their visit, the delegates are the same as last time."
These five officials went to Pyongyang in March to arrange the historic Panmunjom summit.
Their main agenda, the spokesman said, is to discuss ways to develop inter-Korean ties in a way that does not violate UN sanctions,... and to find a comprehensive way to implement the April 27th Panmunjom Declaration -- namely, to officially end the war and denuclearize the Korean Peninsula.
As for why the visit will only last a day, the Blue House said that, unlike their first visit in March, the two Koreas have built trust since then, making a one-day visit possible.
The spokesman didn't say whether the team will be meeting with North Korean leader Kim Jong-un.
Cha Sang-mi, Arirang News.